Commercial and Industrial Designers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $74K, rent takes 24.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,143/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new commercial and industrial designers typically earn — is $55K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,293/month. At HUD’s $1,143/month FMR, rent would take 35% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 12% below the national median — $74K here vs. $84K nationally. Cost of living is 11% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island pays $74K median vs. the U.S. average of $84K — that’s -12%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.08), the purchasing-power equivalent is $83K — below the national median.

The median is $74,150 a year, that works out to about $36 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $54,890, and experienced commercial and industrial designers can clear $102,320. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,729/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,143/month, which eats 24.2% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island has a Regional Price Parity of 89.08 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median commercial and industrial designers salary is worth about $83,240 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.