Retention Manager Salary in Waterloo, Iowa

How much does a Retention Manager make in Waterloo, IA?

As of May 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Retention Manager in Waterloo, IA is $87,919. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $68,366 to a high of $111,940, with most professionals earning between $77,684 and $100,493.

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Lead the effort to maintain a positive employee relations climate by facilitating discussions or by providing consistent advice and guidance to managers and staff for problem resolution of work-related conflict.

November 05, 2022

Build, maintain and expand a suite of market-facing materials and tools that nurture customers toward your upsell or renewal goalsBecome a key ambassador for our customers - a partner who deeply understands their needs and can advocate for them when the opportunity arises.

November 26, 2022

Drive strategic alignment across all marketing outputs, by communicating strategy at project initiation, reviewing marketing collateral, and following up to ensure each milestone is met flawlessly.

December 11, 2022

Provide leadership and direction to staff, program participants, donors, and customers, ensuring that production and quality goals are achieved and sales expectations are met and that the store operates in an efficient manner.

December 12, 2022

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

January 03, 2023

Create, manage, and analyze online marketing campaigns across search, display, affiliates, social media, SMS, organic, referrals and email to ensure acquisition and conversion goals are met.

January 04, 2023

Demonstrated mastery over all phases of the product lifecycle, including strategy development, OA, discovery, implementation, post-launch optimization (testing), and sunset.

March 12, 2023

Support the roll-out and execution of such programs to ensure the end result focuses on the efficiency for the end user, adherence to the company standards, and an increase in overall growth of the company.

March 16, 2023

Collaborate with brand marketing and brand creative to develop and translate an editorial strategy across all points of customer contact (brand moments, m content series, product launches, lifecycle automations) into a timely editorial calendar.

March 17, 2023

Develop analyses and surface insights to drive customer engagement and retention, including KPI deep dives, marketing efficiency, behavioral clustering, content affinity analysis, customer value, customer journey analysis and churn analytics.

April 17, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Retention Manager in Waterloo, IA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

77684

100493

87919

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

82746

112302

96771

What is the average salary for Retention Manager in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Retention Manager in Waterloo, IA. The base salary for Retention Manager ranges from $77,684 to $100,493 with the average base salary of $87,919. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $82,746 to $112,302 with the average total cash compensation of $96,771.

View Average Salary for Retention Manager as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$87,919	$77,684 - $100,493
Bonus	$8,852	$5,061 - $11,810
Total Pay	$96,771	$82,746 - $112,302

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Retention Manager Salary Near Waterloo, IA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Waterloo, IA
CITY, STATE Cedar Falls, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $77,435 - $100,170	COMPARE TO Waterloo, IA
CITY, STATE Cedar Rapids, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $79,530 - $102,880	COMPARE TO Waterloo, IA
CITY, STATE Iowa City, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,881 - $102,041	COMPARE TO Waterloo, IA
CITY, STATE Ames, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $80,776 - $104,493	COMPARE TO Waterloo, IA
CITY, STATE Dubuque, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,457 - $101,493	COMPARE TO Waterloo, IA
CITY, STATE Ankeny, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $81,525 - $105,460	COMPARE TO Waterloo, IA

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About Waterloo, Iowa

Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population decreased by 0.5% to 68,406; the 2016 Census estimates the population at 67,934, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. The city is part of the Waterloo – Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the more populous of the two cities. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 63.23 square miles (163.76 km2), of which 61.39 square miles (159.00 km2) is land and 1.84 square miles (4.77 km2) is water. The average el...

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