Joplin, MO-KS Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.7) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Joplin, MO-KS moved from $43,610 in May 2024 to $44,980 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Joplin, MO-KS sits +0.0 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Joplin, MO-KS
Registered Nurses publishes $74,930 here versus $97,550 nationally (-23.2%; 2,670metro-area jobs). Next is Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers at $47,430 locally versus $58,640 nationally (-19.1%).
- Registered Nurses$74,930 in Joplin, MO-KS sits 23.2% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,670 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$47,430 in Joplin, MO-KS sits 19.1% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (3,470 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,740 in Joplin, MO-KS sits 13.2% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,420 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,050 in Joplin, MO-KS sits 11.6% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,400 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Joplin, MO-KS; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 27900 · Joplin, MO-KS $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #441/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.7
- OCC-MID 283 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $324K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH West South Dakot…
- BOOK-MOST 282 rows · May 2025
Read with West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area ($1 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 Joplin, MO-KS
Where Joplin, MO-KS already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Joplin, MO-KS's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 230 jobs · $127,550
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 230 jobs · $126,640
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 230 jobs · $98,620
- 4. Managers, All Other 210 jobs · $101,980
- 5. Sales Managers 210 jobs · $98,020
- 6. Pharmacists 180 jobs · $127,710
- 7. Industrial Production Managers 180 jobs · $103,620
- 8. Construction Managers 170 jobs · $108,900
- 9. Physical Therapists 130 jobs · $100,150
- 10. Physicians, All Other 120 jobs · $324,090
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 jobs · $129,810
- 12. Software Developers 120 jobs · $105,960
- 13. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 120 jobs · $102,460
- 14. Marketing Managers 80 jobs · $121,580
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $200,530
- 16. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $150,300
- 17. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $99,520
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $135,140
Occupations Tracked
283
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,988
employment-weighted, 282 complete rows
Top Salary
$324,090
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
85.7
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Joplin, MO-KS, 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 | $127,550 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,640 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $98,620 |
| 4 | Managers, All Other | $101,980 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $98,020 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $127,710 |
| 7 | Industrial Production Managers | $103,620 |
| 8 | Construction Managers | $108,900 |
| 9 | Physical Therapists | $100,150 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $324,090 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $129,810 |
| 12 | Software Developers | $105,960 |
| 13 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $102,460 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $121,580 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $200,530 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $150,300 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $99,520 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $135,140 |
| 19 | Chief Executives | $134,670 |
| 20 | Dentists, General | $201,820 |
| 21 | Veterinarians | $102,700 |
| 22 | Electrical Engineers | $102,630 |
| 23 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $103,240 |
| 24 | Facilities Managers | $99,470 |
| 25 | Nurse Anesthetists | $170,770 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Joplin, MO-KS
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $28,600 |
| Childcare Workers | $28,600 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $28,600 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,600 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,600 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,600 |
| Bartenders | $28,600 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,600 |
| Medical Transcriptionists | $28,600 |
| Animal Caretakers | $28,610 |
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 ($51,988 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 Joplin, MO-KS wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Joplin, MO-KS at $324,090/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $51,988 adjusts to about $60,650 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.7. 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.