High paying creative and media jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

Every creative and media occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single creative and media job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL run 10.9% below the national average (2024), so a Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL salary is worth about 1.12× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL · Employed

1Technical Writers$77,170
Bachelor's degree
$52,990 – $115,41060
2Public Relations Specialists$62,880
Bachelor's degree
$39,520 – $121,330220
3Editors$58,050
Bachelor's degree
$38,960 – $96,59090
4Producers and Directors$55,190
Bachelor's degree
$36,260 – $98,92060
5Graphic Designers$52,500
Bachelor's degree
$37,500 – $77,640170
6Interpreters and Translators$47,070
Bachelor's degree
$35,980 – $74,25070
7Coaches and Scouts$45,170
Bachelor's degree
$30,060 – $81,660290
8Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$39,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,170 – $59,070210
9Floral Designers$34,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $47,98060

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianDavenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Technical WritersBachelor's degree	$77,170	$52,990 – $115,410	60
2	Public Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$62,880	$39,520 – $121,330	220
3	EditorsBachelor's degree	$58,050	$38,960 – $96,590	90
4	Producers and DirectorsBachelor's degree	$55,190	$36,260 – $98,920	60
5	Graphic DesignersBachelor's degree	$52,500	$37,500 – $77,640	170
6	Interpreters and TranslatorsBachelor's degree	$47,070	$35,980 – $74,250	70
7	Coaches and ScoutsBachelor's degree	$45,170	$30,060 – $81,660	290
8	Merchandise Displayers and Window TrimmersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,680	$33,170 – $59,070	210
9	Floral DesignersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,280	$31,200 – $47,980	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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