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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL at $293,440/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $61,145 adjusts to about $68,641 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 89.1. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for IA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.