High paying tech and IT jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

Every tech and IT 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 tech and IT 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

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$159,590
Bachelor's degree
$97,660 – $219,230380
2Software Developers$115,780
Bachelor's degree
$77,920 – $163,4901,220
3Computer Occupations, All Other$110,640
Bachelor's degree
$62,910 – $163,380460
4Computer Network Architects$108,530
Bachelor's degree
$83,310 – $155,160240
5Information Security Analysts$108,280
Bachelor's degree
$74,980 – $161,170130
6Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$108,040
Bachelor's degree
$75,550 – $130,660180
7Data Scientists$106,340
Bachelor's degree
$63,350 – $148,710280
8Computer Systems Analysts$89,500
Bachelor's degree
$62,620 – $131,510310
9Network and Computer Systems Administrators$83,820
Bachelor's degree
$56,820 – $128,900300
10Computer Network Support Specialists$68,400
Associate's degree
$49,550 – $98,020190
11Computer User Support Specialists$55,850
Some college, no degree
$35,030 – $80,670630

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	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$159,590	$97,660 – $219,230	380
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$115,780	$77,920 – $163,490	1,220
3	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$110,640	$62,910 – $163,380	460
4	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$108,530	$83,310 – $155,160	240
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$108,280	$74,980 – $161,170	130
6	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$108,040	$75,550 – $130,660	180
7	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$106,340	$63,350 – $148,710	280
8	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$89,500	$62,620 – $131,510	310
9	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$83,820	$56,820 – $128,900	300
10	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$68,400	$49,550 – $98,020	190
11	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$55,850	$35,030 – $80,670	630

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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