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Civil Engineer Salary in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa

The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa is shown in Table 1. The wage data of civil engineers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Civil Engineers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$60,760
25th Percentile Wage
$67,000
50th Percentile Wage
$82,370
75th Percentile Wage
$104,400
90th Percentile Wage
$125,170

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $125,170. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $82,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,760.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$82,370
-1.29% 5.33%
2021
$83,430
-8.70% -
2020
$90,690
2.30% -
2019
$88,600
-2.26% -
2018
$90,600
4.83% -
2017
$86,220
-0.81% -
2016
$86,920
6.93% -
2015
$80,900
0.78% -
2014
$80,270
2.53% -
2013
$78,240
0.33% -
2012
$77,980
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Table 2. Compare Civil Engineer Salary in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island with Other Iowa Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $82,370 in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island is in the middle of salary range for civil engineers in state of Iowa. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island is 11.0 percent (11.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area and 7.1 percent (7.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$92,580
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$91,300
Ames
$90,190
Des Moines-West Des Moines
$83,930
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island
$82,370
Iowa City
$81,380
Cedar Rapids
$81,220
Waterloo-Cedar Falls
$80,660
Dubuque
$80,480
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$78,370
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$76,550

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