Greater Des Moines is the sixth-best spot in the country for lawyers and recent law school graduates to land, according to data collector GoodCall, which based its findings on average annual compensation, job prospects and housing costs. According to GoodCall, your typical Greater Des Moines attorney earns $109,650 a year and spends 9 percent of that income on housing. In addition, the metro area ranked 46th out of 310 for job density and availability, according to a release from the city of Des Moines. Read more