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Des Moines, IA

Des Moines, IA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 52 tracked employers at a $111,946 median H-1B wage across 697 LCAs.

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52
Employers
$111,946
Median H-1B wage
697
H-1B filings

Des Moines, IA: 52 tracked employers at a $111,946 median H-1B wage across 697 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Des Moines, IA (IA), PlainEmployers rolls up 52 employers at a $111,946 disclosed median with 2 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 52 employers
  • $111,946 median H-1B
  • 697 H-1B LCAs
  • 2 WARN employers

Where Des Moines, IA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$111,946 Top 61% higher than 39% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Des Moines, IA $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Des Moines, IA (52 employers) sits beside Cedar Rapids, IA, West Des Moines, IA, Johnston, IA in IA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Des Moines, IA ranks #236 of 6906 by employer count (about the 96th percentile).

Cedar Rapids, IA 33 West Des Moines, IA 27 Johnston, IA 15 Ames, IA 15 Waukee, IA 11 Sioux City, IA 11
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesFinance & InsuranceHealthcare & Social AssistanceOther ServicesEducational Services

What the data says about Des Moines, IA

Corpus placement: Des Moines, IA ranks #236 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 96th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 31 of 52 tracked employers (~60%); next sectors in the mix are Finance & Insurance and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Pioneer Consulting Services LLC, Consultadd INC., and IT America, Inc. (208 filings combined, ~30% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Des Moines, IA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 2 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Pioneer Consulting Services LLC, Consultadd INC., and IT America, Inc., together 208 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Des Moines, IA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 60% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Pioneer Consulting Services LLC plus Consultadd INC. account for about 30% of Des Moines, IA's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Des Moines, IA, 2 carry WARN Act history (4 notices, about 266 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within IA, Des Moines, IA is among denser labor markets versus Cedar Rapids, IA (33 employers); West Des Moines, IA (27 employers); Johnston, IA (15 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

WARN layoff activity in Des Moines, IA

2 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 4 WARN notices , naming about 266 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Des Moines, IA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Pioneer Consulting Services LLC Professional & Technical Services 123 $112,923
2 Consultadd INC. Professional & Technical Services 43 $103,210
3 IT America, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 42 $107,411
4 Athene Annuity and Life Company Finance & Insurance 28 $140,270
5 Global Atlantic Financial Company Finance & Insurance 28 $161,941
6 Nationwide Insurance Finance & Insurance 28 $385,298
7 Sicl America INC Professional & Technical Services 26 $98,800
8 Siri Consultancy Services, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 25 $112,930
9 The Nature Conservancy Other Services 24 $89,000
10 Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation Healthcare & Social Assistance 20 -
11 Des Moines Independent Community School District Educational Services 16 $59,169
12 Sunrise Technologies LLC Professional & Technical Services 16 $82,708
13 Sv Technology Services, LLC. Professional & Technical Services 16 $129,250
14 Global Soft Systems, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 15 $112,923
15 Quality Consulting, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 14 $122,400
16 Keane Soft INC. Professional & Technical Services 12 $116,844
17 Amsin LLC Information & Media 11 $104,000
18 Wellmark, Inc. Finance & Insurance 11 $138,507
19 Techgroup America INC. Professional & Technical Services 11 $106,725
20 Employers Mutual Casualty Company Finance & Insurance 10 $117,404
21 StoneX Group Inc. Management of Companies 10 $127,167
22 Sumee Consulting LLC Professional & Technical Services 9 $106,122
23 FBL Financial Group, Inc. Finance & Insurance 9 $124,302
24 Vst Consulting, INC. Professional & Technical Services 9 $122,075
25 MindPROS, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 8 $119,050
Sources, citation, and related links for Des Moines, IA

Disclaimer: The Des Moines, IA overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Des Moines, IA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.