Process Engineer
Kohl's
Des Moines, IA · $68k–$100k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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Where Des Moines, IA ranks
Where Des Moines, IA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Midwest$147k · of 20
- #2Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Midwest78 / 100 · of 20
- #2Best all-round cities for remote workers in the Midwest90 / 100 · of 20
- #4Best cities for remote-friendly jobs17% · of 100
- #6Best all-round cities for AI careers in the Midwest66 / 100 · of 20
- #7Best all-round cities for remote workers84 / 100 · of 100
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $84,000 a year. Across 282 open process engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $87,000 to $114,000 and the median is $98,500. That is 15% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial engineers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial engineers: 4% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...If you've ever rewritten a function three times because the second version still bothered you, our Process Engineer opening in Des Moines, IA will feel like home. The reward structure favors doers: $68,000 - $100,000 upfront, real technology ownership, and a Kohls team...