How much do Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary make in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL?

Percentile spread

For Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $31,880 and the 90th percentile is $80,900. The difference is $49,020, which is 83.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $43,060 to the 75th at $77,730, covers $34,670.

The mean annual wage is $61,070, which sits above the median of $58,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL median is 25.2% lower than the national median of $78,620 for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,043, which is 16% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 24.3% lower than the Iowa median of $77,740.

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Iowa, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 89.079, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary at $66,043 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL ranks 10th of 10 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Peoria, IL is 65 miles away, with a median of $75,960. That median is 29.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,261, against $66,043 here.
• Cedar Rapids, IA is 77 miles away, with a median of $78,500 and employment of 70. That median is 33.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,239, against $66,043 here.
• Bloomington, IL is 105 miles away, with a median of $66,300 and employment of 180. That median is 12.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,881, against $66,043 here.

Employment share

Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL (80 of 180,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (93,560 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.