Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 89.1) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL moved from $47,470 in May 2024 to $48,550 in May 2025 (+2.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL sits -0.8 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
Registered Nurses publishes $77,150 here versus $97,550 nationally (-20.9%; 3,520metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $91,140 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-13.8%).
- Registered Nurses$77,150 in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL sits 20.9% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,520 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$91,140 in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL sits 13.8% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,750 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$31,200 in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL sits 11.4% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,680 published local jobs).
- Customer Service Representatives$39,950 in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL sits 10.8% below the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (3,040 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 19340 · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #168/528
- RPP-LOW 89.1
- OCC-MOST 430 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $293K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE -0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Beaumont-Port Ar…
- BOOK-FULL 428 rows · May 2025
Read with Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX (+$75 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Davenport-Moline-Rock Island
Where Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL already employs the upper wage tier
Software Developers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 1,220 jobs · $115,780
- 2. Financial Managers 1,070 jobs · $139,150
- 3. Managers, All Other 460 jobs · $126,510
- 4. Architectural and Engineering Managers 420 jobs · $175,030
- 5. Sales Managers 420 jobs · $128,420
- 6. Lawyers 420 jobs · $124,850
- 7. Industrial Production Managers 400 jobs · $117,950
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 390 jobs · $130,400
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 380 jobs · $159,590
- 10. Marketing Managers 370 jobs · $141,300
- 11. Pharmacists 300 jobs · $140,550
- 12. Human Resources Managers 260 jobs · $142,600
- 13. Chief Executives 200 jobs · $205,030
- 14. Purchasing Managers 190 jobs · $147,600
- 15. Personal Financial Advisors 180 jobs · $124,540
- 16. Dentists, General 140 jobs · $168,170
- 17. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $137,420
- 18. Veterinarians 100 jobs · $124,470
Occupations Tracked
430
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$61,145
employment-weighted, 428 complete rows
Top Salary
$293,440
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
89.1
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Developers | $115,780 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $139,150 |
| 3 | Managers, All Other | $126,510 |
| 4 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $175,030 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $128,420 |
| 6 | Lawyers | $124,850 |
| 7 | Industrial Production Managers | $117,950 |
| 8 | Nurse Practitioners | $130,400 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $159,590 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $141,300 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $140,550 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $142,600 |
| 13 | Chief Executives | $205,030 |
| 14 | Purchasing Managers | $147,600 |
| 15 | Personal Financial Advisors | $124,540 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $168,170 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $137,420 |
| 18 | Veterinarians | $124,470 |
| 19 | Family Medicine Physicians | $293,440 |
| 20 | Public Relations Managers | $132,600 |
| 21 | Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers | $115,980 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $128,890 |
| 23 | Natural Sciences Managers | $124,900 |
| 24 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | $118,620 |
| 25 | Training and Development Managers | $142,620 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $24,860 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,960 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $30,460 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $31,190 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $31,200 |
| Parking Attendants | $31,200 |
| Production Workers, All Other | $31,200 |
| Sales and Related Workers, All Other | $31,200 |
| Cashiers | $31,200 |
| Barbers | $31,200 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in IA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside IA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($61,145 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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