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
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$38,640	940	View salary detail
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$38,570	270	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$38,570	1,010	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$38,560	3,310	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$38,520	18,310	View salary detail
Cooks, Short Order	$38,490	—	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$38,470	8,300	View salary detail
File Clerks	$38,400	1,000	View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$38,340	190	View salary detail
Bicycle Repairers	$38,170	180	View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$38,130	1,150	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$38,110	1,140	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$38,030	1,380	View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers	$37,990	80	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$37,920	4,880	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$37,860	2,160	View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides	$37,820	650	View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$37,760	880	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$37,740	610	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$37,680	34,050	View salary detail
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$37,670	5,910	View salary detail
Taxi Drivers	$37,560	200	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$37,480	310	View salary detail
Word Processors and Typists	$37,440	260	View salary detail
Log Graders and Scalers	$37,440	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$37,400	21,650	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Workers	$37,170	120	View salary detail
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$37,130	640	View salary detail
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$37,110	670	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$37,050	4,700	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$36,940	25,990	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$36,710	67,390	View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$36,660	2,010	View salary detail
Tellers	$36,650	10,030	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$36,610	420	View salary detail
Gambling Cage Workers	$36,560	220	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$36,510	1,380	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$36,450	5,060	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$36,280	2,600	View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians	$36,100	290	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$36,090	5,580	View salary detail
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	$36,060	120	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$35,900	41,070	View salary detail
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	$35,800	530	View salary detail
Helpers--Roofers	$35,800	—	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$35,740	18,890	View salary detail
Orderlies	$35,620	870	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$35,610	2,320	View salary detail
Gambling Service Workers, All Other	$35,510	90	View salary detail
Bakers	$35,130	4,190	View salary detail

Metropolitan areas in this state

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.