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
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	$86,110	290	View salary detail
Commercial and Industrial Designers	$85,530	140	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$85,490	1,320	View salary detail
Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$85,470	50	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$85,240	1,300	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$85,240	1,300	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$85,240	1,300	View salary detail
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$84,020	300	View salary detail
Automotive Engineering Technicians	$84,020	300	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$83,990	280	View salary detail
Emergency Management Directors	$83,390	100	View salary detail
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$83,390	280	View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$83,390	160	View salary detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$83,330	480	View salary detail
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$83,180	35,200	View salary detail
Critical Care Nurses	$83,180	35,200	View salary detail
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$83,180	35,200	View salary detail
Registered Nurses	$83,180	35,200	View salary detail
Acute Care Nurses	$83,180	35,200	View salary detail
Orthotists and Prosthetists	$83,090	110	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$82,750	670	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$82,750	670	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$82,750	670	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$82,750	670	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$82,270	4,190	View salary detail
Insurance Underwriters	$82,270	990	View salary detail
Avionics Technicians	$82,200	150	View salary detail
Advertising and Promotions Managers	$81,660	—	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$81,640	670	View salary detail
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	$81,580	140	View salary detail
Tapers	$81,400	130	View salary detail
Riggers	$81,350	80	View salary detail
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	$81,030	300	View salary detail
Statisticians	$80,950	—	View salary detail
Biostatisticians	$80,950	—	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$80,930	660	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$80,930	660	View salary detail
Education Administrators, All Other	$80,930	150	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$80,930	660	View salary detail
Technical Writers	$80,840	200	View salary detail
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	$80,440	80	View salary detail
Financial Examiners	$80,430	850	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$80,410	4,930	View salary detail
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	$80,340	30	View salary detail
Urban and Regional Planners	$80,270	240	View salary detail
Plasterers and Stucco Masons	$80,240	270	View salary detail
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	$80,130	260	View salary detail
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$79,700	150	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$79,630	520	View salary detail
Biochemists and Biophysicists	$79,550	210	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.