Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Joplin, MO

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$52,560	70	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$52,560	70	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$52,560	70	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$52,560	70	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$52,200	130	View salary detail
Public Relations Specialists	$52,090	90	View salary detail
Tutors	$52,000	30	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$51,450	160	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$51,040	260	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,980	100	View salary detail
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$50,690	580	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$50,400	170	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$49,880	510	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$49,860	70	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$49,860	70	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$49,750	100	View salary detail
Paramedics	$49,480	100	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$49,440	80	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$49,250	60	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$49,200	40	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$49,200	40	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$49,200	40	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$49,110	430	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$49,030	50	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$48,770	1,100	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$48,740	1,020	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$48,730	220	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$48,720	80	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$48,600	330	View salary detail
Carpenters	$48,540	300	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$48,520	90	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$48,510	100	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$48,460	110	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$48,420	90	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$48,340	80	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$48,270	100	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$48,050	40	View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$48,050	30	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$47,960	620	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$47,850	350	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,790	40	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$47,760	190	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$47,670	250	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	$47,540	—	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$47,430	3,470	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,330	30	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$47,040	1,280	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$47,000	130	View salary detail
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	$46,840	40	View salary detail
Machinists	$46,820	360	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.