Elevator mechanic salary in Iowa
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Elevator mechanics in Iowa earn a median of $115,300 a year, or $55.43 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $128,160. Nationally the median is $109,910, so Iowa pays 5% more than the U.S. overall and ranks 18th of 37.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $31.48/hr
- Jobs in Iowa
- 90
- After cost of living
- $131,380
- Median hourly pay
- $55.43/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +5%
- Rank among states
- 18th of 37
- Mean (average) pay
- $105,700 a year · $50.82 an hour
Pay by percentile
What elevator mechanics in Iowa earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $31.48 | $65,470 |
| 25th percentile | $41.76 | $86,850 |
| Median (50th) | $55.43 | $115,300 |
| 75th percentile | $56.88 | $118,300 |
| 90th percentile | $61.61 | $128,160 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Iowa compares
- Elevator mechanics are less concentrated in Iowa than nationally: 0.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.36 times the U.S. share.
Pay by metro area
Other trades in Iowa
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Iowa list what contractors must pay elevator mechanics on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.
Questions
- Where in Iowa do elevator mechanics earn the most?
- Among Iowa metro areas, Omaha has the highest median at $117,690 a year, and Davenport–Moline–Rock Island the lowest at $115,980.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-4021 (Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers), area code 19. BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed elevator mechanics and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (87.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures