The purpose of the Iowa Peer Jobs Study: Job Titles, Credentials and Wages was to describe key characteristics of peer worker job ads, including job titles and earnings, in Iowa and nationally. 

The study looked at Iowa organizations' offers to pay new peer support, family peer support, peer recovery, and peer crisis workers. The low hourly wage offer for all Iowa peer-eligible positions was $16.47; however, when we removed crisis worker positions from the analysis, it was $15.31. The median hourly wage offer for all peer-eligible positions was $17.57 (after removing crisis workers: $16.51).

The study was authored by Carol Coohey, Carrie Means and Kellee Thorburn McCrory.

See the complete study here.