Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Cape Girardeau, MO

257 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Cape Girardeau, MO for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Healthcare Social Workers	$49,490	110	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$48,830	490	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$48,690	310	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$48,610	70	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$48,580	170	View salary detail
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$48,570	290	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$48,510	180	View salary detail
Machinists	$48,160	100	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$47,930	90	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$47,720	80	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$47,550	70	View salary detail
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	$47,520	30	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$47,150	110	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$47,100	1,030	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$46,750	50	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$46,570	350	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$46,430	250	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$46,410	60	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$46,410	60	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$46,160	60	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$45,810	310	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$45,670	30	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$44,370	150	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$44,150	90	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$43,610	40	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$43,350	140	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$42,520	50	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$42,000	140	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$41,170	60	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$41,020	80	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$40,320	110	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$40,320	110	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$40,320	110	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$40,320	110	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$40,160	40	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$39,730	50	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$39,550	110	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$39,490	60	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$39,390	—	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$39,030	50	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$38,870	90	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$38,830	850	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$38,740	70	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$38,440	40	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$38,190	580	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$37,720	40	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$37,560	100	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$37,480	500	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$37,470	350	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$37,450	70	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.