the average salary for MFTs is slightly higher salary of $63,880 www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_ia.htm Iowa U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_ia.htm According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics nurse anesthetists at $161,770 2012 report by the BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics makes about $20 per hour $85,290 annually on average U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics Forty-eight percent of workers in Iowa