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Parking Enforcement Workers pay in Iowa and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Parking Enforcement Workers is $43,370 per year in Iowa. It is $68,120 per year in Washington. Iowa is 36.3% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-3041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 50 wage and salary jobs in Iowa and 190 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings