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Protective Service Workers, All Other pay in Iowa and New Hampshire
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Protective Service Workers, All Other is $38,160 per year in Iowa. It is $88,960 per year in New Hampshire. Iowa is 57.1% below New Hampshire on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-9099 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Iowa and 90 in New Hampshire. 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