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.
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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