Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in St. Louis, MO

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Parts Salespersons	$42,890	2,110	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$42,680	540	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$42,660	790	View salary detail
Security Guards	$42,600	9,720	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$42,370	200	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$42,000	160	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$41,910	1,550	View salary detail
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$41,910	130	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$41,780	21,340	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$41,780	21,340	View salary detail
Airfield Operations Specialists	$41,070	170	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$40,900	3,530	View salary detail
File Clerks	$40,850	580	View salary detail
Manicurists and Pedicurists	$40,840	580	View salary detail
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$40,840	280	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$40,740	310	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$40,240	4,100	View salary detail
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$40,210	160	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$40,190	2,290	View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$40,110	360	View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers	$39,870	50	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$39,860	390	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$39,780	850	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$39,740	2,960	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$39,560	180	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$39,440	530	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$39,360	1,310	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$39,230	750	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$39,200	460	View salary detail
Photographers	$39,170	420	View salary detail
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	$39,130	150	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$39,130	910	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$39,110	14,620	View salary detail
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	$39,070	40	View salary detail
Tire Repairers and Changers	$39,050	730	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$39,040	9,600	View salary detail
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	$39,020	90	View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles	$38,990	50	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$38,900	650	View salary detail
Tellers	$38,890	3,580	View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$38,840	120	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$38,740	340	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$38,690	230	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$38,670	—	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$38,670	—	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$38,610	1,900	View salary detail
Occupational Therapy Aides	$38,600	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$38,520	10,090	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$38,520	130	View salary detail
Cooks, Short Order	$38,490	910	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.