How much do Food Batchmakers make in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL?

Percentile spread

For Food Batchmakers, the published 10th percentile is $31,820 and the 90th percentile is $58,920. The difference is $27,100, which is 59.4% 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 $33,800 to the 75th at $49,370, covers $15,570.

The mean annual wage is $43,900, which sits below the median of $45,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL median is 7.8% higher than the national median of $42,290 for Food Batchmakers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,191, which is 21% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.6% lower than the Iowa median of $48,300.

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 $45,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Batchmakers at $51,191 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

21 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Batchmakers. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL ranks 16th of 22 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).).

• Iowa City, IA is 62 miles away, with a median of $48,030 and employment of 70. That median is 5.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,487, against $51,191 here.
• Peoria, IL is 65 miles away, with a median of $46,770 and employment of 260. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,265, against $51,191 here.
• Dubuque, IA is 77 miles away, with a median of $49,130 and employment of 140. That median is 7.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,259, against $51,191 here.

Employment share

Food Batchmakers accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL (280 of 180,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (174,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.38 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.