Jefferson City, MO Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.0) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Jefferson City, MO moved from $45,440 in May 2024 to $48,030 in May 2025 (+5.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Jefferson City, MO sits +2.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Jefferson City, MO
General and Operations Managers publishes $76,170 here versus $105,770 nationally (-28.0%; 2,280metro-area jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$76,170 in Jefferson City, MO sits 28.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,280 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Jefferson City, MO; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 27620 · Jefferson City, MO $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #279/528
- RPP-QUIET 88.0
- OCC-MID 299 occs
- TOP-LEAD Psychiatrists · $282K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Wilmington, NC
- BOOK-MOST 297 rows · May 2025
Read with Wilmington, NC (+$18 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 Jefferson City, MO
Where Jefferson City, MO already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives lead published employment inside Jefferson City, MO's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 320 jobs · $123,340
- 2. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 280 jobs · $102,840
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 250 jobs · $127,330
- 4. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 200 jobs · $96,720
- 5. Sales Managers 150 jobs · $121,840
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 130 jobs · $128,710
- 7. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $113,090
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 110 jobs · $126,890
- 9. Marketing Managers 110 jobs · $118,540
- 10. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $106,850
- 11. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $130,190
- 12. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 100 jobs · $96,830
- 13. Physical Therapists 90 jobs · $98,070
- 14. Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 60 jobs · $116,670
- 15. Construction Managers 60 jobs · $108,260
- 16. Physicians, All Other 50 jobs · $220,460
- 17. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $208,630
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $160,470
Occupations Tracked
299
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,392
employment-weighted, 297 complete rows
Top Salary
$282,050
Psychiatrists
Cost of Living
88.0
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Jefferson City, MO, 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 | Financial Managers | $123,340 |
| 2 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $102,840 |
| 3 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $127,330 |
| 4 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $96,720 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $121,840 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $128,710 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $113,090 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $126,890 |
| 9 | Marketing Managers | $118,540 |
| 10 | Human Resources Managers | $106,850 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $130,190 |
| 12 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $96,830 |
| 13 | Physical Therapists | $98,070 |
| 14 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | $116,670 |
| 15 | Construction Managers | $108,260 |
| 16 | Physicians, All Other | $220,460 |
| 17 | Dentists, General | $208,630 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,470 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $101,230 |
| 20 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $95,990 |
| 21 | Occupational Therapists | $95,110 |
| 22 | Psychiatrists | $282,050 |
| 23 | Family Medicine Physicians | $224,100 |
| 24 | Physician Assistants | $135,340 |
| 25 | Database Architects | $97,560 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Jefferson City, MO
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Childcare Workers | $28,600 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,600 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,600 |
| Tutors | $28,600 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $28,630 |
| Bartenders | $28,630 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,950 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $29,160 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $29,160 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $29,200 |
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 ($57,392 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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