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Medication aide salary in Iowa

Open medication aide jobs in Iowa post a median of $20.55 an hour, the middle half $18.50–$22.01 (about $42,700 a year full time), $0.45 below the national posted median. From 15 jobs at 13 employers that state their pay.

$20.55
Median posted /hr
$18.50–$22.01
Middle half /hr
$42,700
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$18.92
BLS median in IA
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Medication aide jobs in Iowa · Medication aide pay nationwide

What medication aides are paid in Iowa

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $20.55 an hour. Middle half $18.50 to $22.01. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 15 open jobs in Iowa. Lowest posted $14.75, highest $29.50.

Posted on open jobs in Iowa

$18.50–$22.01/hr

Middle half of 15 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $20.55. 63% of the 24 open medication aide jobs in Iowa state an hourly rate.

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Medication aide pay by town in Iowa

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Cedar Rapids$19$16–$29.506 (4)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Medication aide pay by employer in Iowa

What each employer posts for medication aides here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Cornerstone Companies$19.25$16–$222
Country House at Cedar Rapids$17.25$16–$182
Harmony Cedar Rapids$25.25$21–$29.501
Colonial Manor of Elma$24.75$23–$26.501
Grandview Healthcare Center$24.25$22.50–$261
Harmony Dubuque$22.27$21–$23.531
Lake Mills Care Center$21.75$19.50–$241
Hiawatha Care Center$21$20–$221
Sanford Health$20.75$16–$25.501
Pillar of Cedar Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation$20.55$19.85–$21.251
Corridor Crossing Place$19$16–$221
Charter Senior Living$18$17–$191
American Baptist Homes of the Midwest$16.53$14.75–$18.311

Median of each employer's jobs in Iowa (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for medication aides nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open medication aide jobs in Iowa

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Iowa

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Iowa. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$17.13 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$17.96 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$18.92 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$21.95 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$23.07 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)22,670 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Medication aide salary in Iowa: common questions

How much does a medication aide make in Iowa?

Open medication aide jobs in Iowa that state an hourly rate post a median of $20.55, the middle half $18.50–$22.01 (15 jobs from 13 employers). Full time that is about $42,700 a year. BLS measured a median of $18.92/hr ($39,350 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Iowa (May 2025).

How does Iowa compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Iowa ($20.55) is $0.45 below the national posted median of $21. In the BLS survey Iowa ranks 31 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 15 of 24 open medication aide jobs in Iowa (63%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Medication aide pay in other states

Medication aide salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Nursing Assistants & Patient Care Techs job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Iowa pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Medication aide salary in Iowa. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/medication-aide/iowa

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