High paying office and admin jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

Every office and admin 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 office and admin 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

1Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$65,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,990 – $81,59090
2Cargo and Freight Agents$64,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $71,96060
3First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$63,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,650 – $96,0901,160
4Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$62,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,930 – $88,590460
5Postal Service Clerks$61,920
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030100
6Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$60,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,660 – $82,800340
7Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,470
No formal educational credential
$47,440 – $75,280100
8Public Safety Telecommunicators$57,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,260 – $74,460120
9Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040460
10Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$56,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $71,900160
11Procurement Clerks$52,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,830 – $74,180110
12Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,330
Associate's degree
$34,440 – $60,900150
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,850 – $63,320270
14Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,280 – $63,640150
15Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,220 – $78,250210
16Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$47,840
Some college, no degree
$35,900 – $62,6601,360
17Billing and Posting Clerks$46,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,720 – $60,320540
18New Accounts Clerks$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,180 – $57,200110
19Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,840 – $59,230860
20Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $60,690100
21Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$46,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,530 – $77,290240
22Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $62,3801,670
23Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$44,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $65,39060
24Office Clerks, General$42,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $60,5002,370
25Bill and Account Collectors$41,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,370 – $57,67090
26Customer Service Representatives$39,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $60,7703,040
27Order Clerks$39,780
Some college, no degree
$35,510 – $48,23090
28Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$39,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,580 – $49,0001,150
29Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$39,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,270 – $45,43080
30Data Entry Keyers$38,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $54,900150
31Couriers and Messengers$38,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $42,56080
32Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$37,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,650 – $68,290120
33Tellers$37,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,230 – $46,740750
34Receptionists and Information Clerks$36,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $45,100790
35Library Assistants, Clerical$33,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $46,510260
36Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$32,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,850 – $46,38080
37Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$31,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,510 – $38,250270

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	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,980	$47,990 – $81,590	90
2	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,580	$38,520 – $71,960	60
3	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,020	$42,650 – $96,090	1,160
4	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,420	$43,930 – $88,590	460
5	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,920	$42,600 – $75,030	100
6	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,420	$41,660 – $82,800	340
7	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,470	$47,440 – $75,280	100
8	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,860	$38,260 – $74,460	120
9	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	460
10	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,900	$35,460 – $71,900	160
11	Procurement ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,440	$39,830 – $74,180	110
12	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$50,330	$34,440 – $60,900	150
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,720	$38,850 – $63,320	270
14	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,430	$36,280 – $63,640	150
15	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,140	$35,220 – $78,250	210
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,840	$35,900 – $62,660	1,360
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,410	$37,720 – $60,320	540
18	New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$40,180 – $57,200	110
19	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,260	$35,840 – $59,230	860
20	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,190	$36,950 – $60,690	100
21	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,070	$34,530 – $77,290	240
22	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,710	$31,750 – $62,380	1,670
23	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, RecordkeepingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,000	$31,200 – $65,390	60
24	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,340	$31,200 – $60,500	2,370
25	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,410	$28,370 – $57,670	90
26	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,950	$31,200 – $60,770	3,040
27	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$39,780	$35,510 – $48,230	90
28	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,270	$34,580 – $49,000	1,150
29	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,130	$36,270 – $45,430	80
30	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,960	$31,200 – $54,900	150
31	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,180	$31,200 – $42,560	80
32	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,850	$24,650 – $68,290	120
33	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,180	$33,230 – $46,740	750
34	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,170	$31,200 – $45,100	790
35	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,120	$31,200 – $46,510	260
36	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,140	$27,850 – $46,380	80
37	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,440	$29,510 – $38,250	270

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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