Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers publishes $65,000 here versus $105,770 nationally (-38.5%; 5,490metro-area jobs). Next is Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education at $49,170 locally versus $72,040 nationally (-31.7%).
- General and Operations Managers$65,000 in Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area sits 38.5% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (5,490 published local jobs).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$49,170 in Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area sits 31.7% below the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (2,610 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$47,340 in Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area sits 26.0% below the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,170 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$78,810 in Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area sits 19.2% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,800 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2900001 · Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $51K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #466/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 371 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $397K
- EMP-MIX Nurse Practi…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Sebring, FL
- BOOK-FULL 364 rows · May 2025
Read with Sebring, FL (+$10 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Central Missouri nonmetropo…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Nurse Practitioners and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Nurse Practitioners 370 jobs · $121,230
- 2. Financial Managers 310 jobs · $110,590
- 3. Pharmacists 290 jobs · $139,120
- 4. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 280 jobs · $101,950
- 5. Family Medicine Physicians 250 jobs · $396,720
- 6. Managers, All Other 250 jobs · $105,250
- 7. Sales Managers 230 jobs · $102,060
- 8. Software Developers 230 jobs · $102,020
- 9. Industrial Production Managers 200 jobs · $100,990
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 170 jobs · $115,390
- 11. Marketing Managers 140 jobs · $117,480
- 12. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $125,830
- 13. Dentists, General 110 jobs · $218,430
- 14. Veterinarians 110 jobs · $103,200
- 15. Construction Managers 100 jobs · $109,190
- 16. Physician Assistants 90 jobs · $129,430
- 17. Human Resources Managers 90 jobs · $104,520
- 18. Engineers, All Other 90 jobs · $103,880
Occupations Tracked
371
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$50,777
employment-weighted, 364 complete rows
Top Salary
$396,720
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, 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 | Nurse Practitioners | $121,230 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $110,590 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $139,120 |
| 4 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $101,950 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $396,720 |
| 6 | Managers, All Other | $105,250 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $102,060 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $102,020 |
| 9 | Industrial Production Managers | $100,990 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $115,390 |
| 11 | Marketing Managers | $117,480 |
| 12 | Chief Executives | $125,830 |
| 13 | Dentists, General | $218,430 |
| 14 | Veterinarians | $103,200 |
| 15 | Construction Managers | $109,190 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $129,430 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $104,520 |
| 18 | Engineers, All Other | $103,880 |
| 19 | Physicians, All Other | $248,930 |
| 20 | Nurse Anesthetists | $240,810 |
| 21 | Pediatricians, General | $197,330 |
| 22 | Natural Sciences Managers | $112,260 |
| 23 | Social Workers, All Other | $100,420 |
| 24 | Computer Network Architects | $102,830 |
| 25 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $129,980 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Childcare Workers | $28,600 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $28,600 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,600 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,600 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,600 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,600 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,600 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,600 |
| Tutors | $28,600 |
| Bartenders | $28,660 |
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 ($50,777 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area at $396,720/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $50,777 across 364 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan 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 local-area 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.