How much do Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters make in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL?

Percentile spread

For Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters, the published 10th percentile is $46,660 and the 90th percentile is $72,220. The difference is $25,560, which is 38.8% 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 $57,870 to the 75th at $65,850, covers $7,980.

The mean annual wage is $60,860, which sits below the median of $65,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL median is 28.3% higher than the national median of $51,330 for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,923, which is 44% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 28.2% higher than the Iowa median of $51,360.

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 $65,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters at $73,923 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL ranks 2nd of 11 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 $48,250 and employment of 230. That median is 26.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,888, against $73,923 here.
• Cedar Rapids, IA is 77 miles away, with a median of $50,100 and employment of 70. That median is 23.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,316, against $73,923 here.
• Rockford, IL is 98 miles away, with a median of $48,310 and employment of 100. That median is 26.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,423, against $73,923 here.

Employment share

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL (60 of 180,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (52,360 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 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.