High paying teaching and library jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

Every teaching and library 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 teaching and library 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

1Business Teachers, Postsecondary$78,990
Doctoral or professional degree
$45,520 – $129,83090
2Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$76,160
Doctoral or professional degree
$44,280 – $185,74060
3Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$75,730
Doctoral or professional degree
$43,190 – $77,460120
4Instructional Coordinators$73,890
Master's degree
$46,330 – $100,810230
5Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$72,780
Doctoral or professional degree
$37,980 – $116,280150
6Special Education Teachers, Middle School$62,820
Bachelor's degree
$45,840 – $83,560140
7Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,800
Bachelor's degree
$46,950 – $92,240790
8Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$61,960
Bachelor's degree
$46,870 – $99,9701,170
9Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,710
Bachelor's degree
$46,190 – $95,240170
10Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$61,650
Bachelor's degree
$47,010 – $79,8401,760
11Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$61,260
Bachelor's degree
$46,800 – $92,640170
12Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$61,240
Bachelor's degree
$45,790 – $80,600320
13Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$60,370
Bachelor's degree
$45,880 – $105,010100
14Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$59,790
Bachelor's degree
$39,550 – $96,140140
15Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$58,830
Master's degree
$31,880 – $80,90080
16Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$56,850
Master's degree
$37,760 – $88,320200
17Education Teachers, Postsecondary$54,620
Doctoral or professional degree
$38,350 – $82,75070
18Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$46,600
Doctoral or professional degree
$31,490 – $105,61080
19Library Technicians$42,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,920 – $63,430110
20Self-Enrichment Teachers$40,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,800 – $74,740240
21Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$37,200
Associate's degree
$29,730 – $48,060580
22Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$36,850
Bachelor's degree
$33,550 – $46,930990
23Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$34,530
Some college, no degree
$27,630 – $46,9602,100
24Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$31,340
Bachelor's degree
$31,200 – $62,180140
25Tutors$31,200
Some college, no degree
$22,220 – $61,720130

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	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$78,990	$45,520 – $129,830	90
2	Biological Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$76,160	$44,280 – $185,740	60
3	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$75,730	$43,190 – $77,460	120
4	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$73,890	$46,330 – $100,810	230
5	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$72,780	$37,980 – $116,280	150
6	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$62,820	$45,840 – $83,560	140
7	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,800	$46,950 – $92,240	790
8	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$61,960	$46,870 – $99,970	1,170
9	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,710	$46,190 – $95,240	170
10	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$61,650	$47,010 – $79,840	1,760
11	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$61,260	$46,800 – $92,640	170
12	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,240	$45,790 – $80,600	320
13	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$60,370	$45,880 – $105,010	100
14	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$59,790	$39,550 – $96,140	140
15	Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$58,830	$31,880 – $80,900	80
16	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$56,850	$37,760 – $88,320	200
17	Education Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$54,620	$38,350 – $82,750	70
18	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$46,600	$31,490 – $105,610	80
19	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,920	$37,920 – $63,430	110
20	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,020	$20,800 – $74,740	240
21	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$37,200	$29,730 – $48,060	580
22	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$36,850	$33,550 – $46,930	990
23	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$34,530	$27,630 – $46,960	2,100
24	Teaching Assistants, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$31,340	$31,200 – $62,180	140
25	TutorsSome college, no degree	$31,200	$22,220 – $61,720	130

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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