Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 86.1) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL moved from $42,060 in May 2024 to $44,470 in May 2025 (+5.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Cape Girardeau, MO-IL sits +2.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 16020 · Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #417/528
- RPP-QUIET 86.1
- OCC-MID 203 occs
- TOP-LEAD Pharmacists · $141K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Burlington, NC
- BOOK-MOST 201 rows · May 2025
Read with Burlington, NC ($12 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
Where Cape Girardeau, MO-IL already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Cape Girardeau, MO-IL's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 280 jobs · $104,010
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 200 jobs · $130,000
- 3. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 180 jobs · $88,150
- 4. Financial Managers 120 jobs · $139,690
- 5. Lawyers 120 jobs · $94,600
- 6. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $141,250
- 7. Physical Therapists 100 jobs · $100,420
- 8. Sales Managers 100 jobs · $98,810
- 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 100 jobs · $96,860
- 10. Software Developers 90 jobs · $100,220
- 11. Managers, All Other 90 jobs · $98,220
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $128,230
- 13. Speech-Language Pathologists 80 jobs · $97,900
- 14. Industrial Production Managers 70 jobs · $133,110
- 15. Construction Managers 70 jobs · $102,980
- 16. Occupational Therapists 70 jobs · $98,990
- 17. Industrial Engineers 60 jobs · $98,650
- 18. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 50 jobs · $99,650
Occupations Tracked
203
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,045
employment-weighted, 201 complete rows
Top Salary
$141,250
Pharmacists
Cost of Living
86.1
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $104,010 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $130,000 |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | $88,150 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $139,690 |
| 5 | Lawyers | $94,600 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $141,250 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $100,420 |
| 8 | Sales Managers | $98,810 |
| 9 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $96,860 |
| 10 | Software Developers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $100,220 |
| 11 | Managers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,220 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $128,230 |
| 13 | Speech-Language Pathologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $97,900 |
| 14 | Industrial Production Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $133,110 |
| 15 | Construction Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,980 |
| 16 | Occupational Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,990 |
| 17 | Industrial Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,650 |
| 18 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $99,650 |
| 19 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $96,320 |
| 20 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $94,750 |
| 21 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $141,080 |
| 22 | Mechanical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $94,940 |
| 23 | Facilities Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $94,140 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $128,240 |
| 25 | Veterinarians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $100,360 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Residential Advisors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,600 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,600 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,600 |
| Bartenders | $28,600 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,710 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $28,800 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,820 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $28,860 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $29,070 |
| Childcare Workers | $29,210 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in MO
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside MO. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($53,045 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Cape Girardeau, MO-IL wage figures in a real decision
- Pharmacists leads published medians in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL at $141,250/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Pharmacists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $53,045 adjusts to about $61,624 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 86.1. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for MO before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.