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
Community Health Workers	$46,700	40	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$46,660	150	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$46,620	100	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$46,330	220	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$46,320	590	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,180	130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$46,020	660	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$45,990	780	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$45,770	570	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$45,550	60	View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers	$45,460	360	View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$45,460	360	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$45,180	530	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$45,110	100	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$44,890	40	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$44,690	140	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$44,490	100	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$44,420	120	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$44,320	70	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$44,310	290	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$43,830	200	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$43,600	240	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$43,520	80	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$43,240	60	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$43,010	210	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$42,430	270	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$42,230	160	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$42,050	540	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$42,000	620	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$41,850	1,080	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$41,600	40	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$41,240	30	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$41,020	170	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,930	150	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$40,570	30	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$40,470	50	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$40,020	50	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$39,770	150	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$39,770	150	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$39,770	150	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$39,770	150	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$39,670	80	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$39,400	1,720	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$39,400	1,720	View salary detail
Roofers	$39,170	60	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$39,080	40	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$38,900	110	View salary detail
Firefighters	$38,850	150	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$38,730	30	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$38,650	160	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.