Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Missouri

855 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Missouri for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$46,040	5,900	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$46,040	5,900	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$46,040	5,900	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$46,010	4,510	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$45,980	1,690	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$45,970	6,760	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$45,860	510	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$45,840	4,450	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$45,790	440	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$45,690	2,280	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$45,660	3,490	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$45,660	3,130	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$45,500	16,210	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$45,460	1,500	View salary detail
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$45,460	470	View salary detail
Skincare Specialists	$45,200	1,390	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$45,190	11,470	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$45,180	2,020	View salary detail
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,990	80	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$44,990	450	View salary detail
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$44,650	70	View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$44,490	1,280	View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	$44,220	570	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$44,190	50,530	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,120	3,340	View salary detail
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$44,100	290	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$44,080	1,090	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,080	150	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$44,050	1,630	View salary detail
Bailiffs	$44,040	280	View salary detail
Cooks, All Other	$43,990	70	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$43,980	12,260	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$43,960	1,590	View salary detail
Stonemasons	$43,880	200	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$43,720	1,600	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$43,680	130	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$43,580	330	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$43,540	33,180	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$43,520	2,040	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$43,480	11,650	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$43,480	1,970	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$43,460	1,030	View salary detail
Correspondence Clerks	$43,400	70	View salary detail
Fence Erectors	$43,290	640	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$43,120	1,890	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$43,090	5,010	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$42,940	790	View salary detail
Transportation Workers, All Other	$42,900	120	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$42,890	2,700	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$42,850	4,130	View salary detail

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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.