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Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers pay in Delaware and Iowa
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers is $145,000 per year in Delaware. It is $99,010 per year in Iowa. Delaware is 46.4% above Iowa on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3071 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 310 wage and salary jobs in Delaware and 1,850 in Iowa. 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