BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA was 87.1, or 12.9% below the national price level. Its housing index was 63.1.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Education Teachers, Postsecondary median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Wage period: BLS May 2025. Price period: BEA 2024. The releases describe different periods and are shown separately.
Price level in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA; U.S. = 100
U.S. baseline: 100.0. All items: 87.1. Housing: 63.1.
Local occupation context
Employment scale and concentration
Estimated employment
130Number of wage and salary jobs published for this row.
Jobs per 1,000
1.5Occupation jobs for every 1,000 jobs in the area.
Location quotient
3.83Local occupation share divided by the national occupation share.
Mean-wage RSE
Not publishedBLS sampling-reliability field for the mean wage.
Other large occupations in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
Same SOC family first, then other high-employment rows when fewer than five family matches are available.
Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 25-1081 and BLS area 47940.
Questions, answered
Education Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA: common questions
What is the median wage for Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA?
BLS did not publish a median for Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Education Teachers, Postsecondary pay higher in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Education Teachers, Postsecondary jobs does BLS estimate in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA?
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What the Education Teachers, Postsecondary median says in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
BLS did not publish an exact median for Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 25-1081 and BLS area 47940.
BLS lists 130 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 25-1081 and area 47940. SOC 25-1081 names Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Area 47940 names Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 25-1081/47940 row reports 130 wage and salary jobs, 1.5 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 3.83 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 25-1081/47940, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is annual only. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
25-1081/47940 10th percentile: Not published.
25-1081/47940 25th percentile: Not published.
25-1081/47940 median: Not published.
25-1081/47940 75th percentile: Not published.
25-1081/47940 90th percentile: Not published.
25-1081/47940 employment RSE: 1.2%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
25-1081/47940 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 47940 facts behind this Education Teachers, Postsecondary page
Area 47940 reports 84,260 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $56,540. Its annual median is $47,430. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 25-1081 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA runs from $28,430 at the 10th percentile to $92,590 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,020. The median is $47,430. The 75th percentile is $63,660. This is a place check, not a pay range for Education Teachers, Postsecondary.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 47940. They do not show related skills or a path into Education Teachers, Postsecondary.
1. Area 47940, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 2,920 jobs, $47,440 annual median, 34.63 jobs per 1,000, and 1.83 location quotient.
2. Area 47940, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 2,500 jobs, $27,820 annual median, 29.68 jobs per 1,000, and 1.2 location quotient.
3. Area 47940, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 2,460 jobs, $31,270 annual median, 29.18 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA wage ladder for Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Compare Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA with its state and the U.S.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA has a annual median of Not published. Iowa has $62,090 per year. The U.S. row has $75,350 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA cannot be compared with Iowa on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA sits for Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA has no exact published median that can enter this Education Teachers, Postsecondary pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other metro areas may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 25-1081. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Education Teachers, Postsecondary medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 25-1081, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. No area has the highest published median in this set, at not available per year. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Education Teachers, Postsecondary is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
Where BLS counts the most Education Teachers, Postsecondary jobs
No area has the largest published metro job estimate for Education Teachers, Postsecondary in this same-source set, at Not published jobs. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA has 130. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
Where Education Teachers, Postsecondary takes the largest share of local jobs
No area has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at Not published. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA has 3.83. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Education Teachers, Postsecondary is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
How common Education Teachers, Postsecondary is in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
BLS lists 130 Education Teachers, Postsecondary jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA. It also lists 1.5 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 3.83. A value of 1 means Education Teachers, Postsecondary has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Education Teachers, Postsecondary beside other roles in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
The all-occupations median in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is $47,430 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Education Teachers, Postsecondary median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Education Teachers, Postsecondary from another role's number.
The largest detailed roles in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA table, at 2,920 jobs. Education Teachers, Postsecondary has 130 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 84,260. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Education Teachers, Postsecondary's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 2,920 jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 2,790 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its median is $47,440 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.83.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 2,500 jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 2,370 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its median is $27,820 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.2.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA role table, at $82,400 per year. Education Teachers, Postsecondary has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $47,430 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $82,400 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, or not available. BLS lists 1,510 jobs, compared with 130 for Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its location quotient is 0.79.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $76,920 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, or not available. BLS lists 1,890 jobs, compared with 130 for Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its location quotient is 1.03.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators has the highest location quotient in the bounded Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA role table, at 7.79. Education Teachers, Postsecondary has 3.83. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Education Teachers, Postsecondary with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators has a location quotient of 7.79 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 3.96 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. BLS lists 720 jobs and a median of $51,600 per year, or not available.
2. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.11 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 1.72 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. BLS lists 1,610 jobs and a median of $50,310 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 87.1 for Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 25-1081.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
How much care to use with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA row
The employment RSE for this Education Teachers, Postsecondary row is 1.2%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 130 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Use Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Education Teachers, Postsecondary. It uses a Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Education Teachers, Postsecondary row for Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 130 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 3.83 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 87.1 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 25-1081 in BLS area 47940. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 130 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 47940, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 2,340 jobs, $29,320 annual median, 27.77 jobs per 1,000, and 1.4 location quotient.
5. Area 47940, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 1,890 jobs, $76,920 annual median, 22.46 jobs per 1,000, and 1.03 location quotient.
6. Area 47940, SOC 51-2090, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators: 1,610 jobs, $50,310 annual median, 19.07 jobs per 1,000, and 2.11 location quotient.
3. Retail Salespersons has 2,460 jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 2,330 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its median is $31,270 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.16.
4. Cashiers has 2,340 jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 2,210 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its median is $29,320 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.4.
5. Registered Nurses has 1,890 jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 1,760 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its median is $76,920 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.03.
6. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 1,610 jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 1,480 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its median is $50,310 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.11.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 1,600 jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 1,470 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its median is $58,730 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.43.
8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 1,560 jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 1,430 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its median is $36,990 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.02.
3. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $67,040 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, or not available. BLS lists 780 jobs, compared with 130 for Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its location quotient is 1.16.
4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $60,780 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, or not available. BLS lists 890 jobs, compared with 130 for Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its location quotient is 1.18.
5. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $60,440 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, or not available. BLS lists 660 jobs, compared with 130 for Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its location quotient is 1.15.
6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $58,730 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, or not available. BLS lists 1,600 jobs, compared with 130 for Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its location quotient is 1.43.
7. Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators has a median of $51,600 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, or not available. BLS lists 720 jobs, compared with 130 for Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its location quotient is 7.79.
8. Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers has a median of $51,250 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, or not available. BLS lists 660 jobs, compared with 130 for Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Its location quotient is 2.05.
3. Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers has a location quotient of 2.05 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 1.78 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. BLS lists 660 jobs and a median of $51,250 per year, or not available.
4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.83 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 2.00 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. BLS lists 2,920 jobs and a median of $47,440 per year, or not available.
5. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.83 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 2.00 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. BLS lists 1,440 jobs and a median of $38,930 per year, or not available.
6. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 1.75 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 2.08 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. BLS lists 1,350 jobs and a median of $29,900 per year, or not available.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.43 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 2.40 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. BLS lists 1,600 jobs and a median of $58,730 per year, or not available.
8. Cashiers has a location quotient of 1.4 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, a gap of 2.43 from Education Teachers, Postsecondary. BLS lists 2,340 jobs and a median of $29,320 per year, or not available.
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