Executive / Mgt. Jobs and MBA Programs in Iowa

There are many career and education opportunities for executive officers in Iowa. At 2,620, the number of jobs in Iowa for executive officers is projected to rise four percent to 4,340 jobs by 2016. This goes against the national trend for executive officers, which sees the job pool actually falling at one percent over the next 10 years. In general, executive officers recognize and create policies for the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations.

Iowa photo by Bill Whittaker

State figures show that executive officers in Iowa earn $69 per hour or $143,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $77 hourly or $160,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Hawkeye State, Iowa has a population of 3,007,856. It's population has increased 2.8 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Des Moines. There were 2,025,350 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Iowa earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $37,509, up from $35,755. The unemployment rate in Iowa was 6.0 percent in 2009. It went up by 1.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 21.2 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Iowa include machinery manufacturing, mining machinery manufacturing, grain milling and farm supplies merchant wholesalers.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Strawberry Point is the home of the world's largest strawberry. One of the unique tidbits about Iowa is The Saint Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville is the only basilica in the United States situated outside a major metropolitan area.

Executive / Mgt.

Executive officers recognize and create policies for the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations.

They regularly talk with board members, organization officials, and staff members to consider issues and resolve problems and appoint department heads and assign or delegate responsibilities to them.

They are required to evaluate and judge the efficacy of solutions. Also, they must respond to the actions of other and coordinate activities with them.

Executive officers should be able to piece together evidence to, in some sense, diagnose what is going on in a situation and speak clearly.

In order to be successful in the workplace, executive officers must have exceptional integrity and be able to take change and lead.