Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers in Iowa

Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers (NAICS 524126) in Iowa reports 11,768 workers across 207 establishments, with $1.1B of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 1.9% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Iowa is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale. Iowa accounts for 1.7% of the national Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers establishment count (207 of 11,888), according to Census County Business Patterns.

Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers employees in Iowa is $95,685/yr, versus a national average of $103,337/yr. Iowa pays below the national average for this industry, common in lower cost-of-living states or where the industry has a smaller, less specialized local workforce.

Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers is not reported, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Iowa overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).