Springfield, MO Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.6) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Springfield, MO moved from $44,110 in May 2024 to $45,780 in May 2025 (+3.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Springfield, MO sits +0.7 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 Springfield, MO
General and Operations Managers publishes $76,290 here versus $105,770 nationally (-27.9%; 7,300metro-area jobs). Next is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $49,380 locally versus $63,970 nationally (-22.8%).
- General and Operations Managers$76,290 in Springfield, MO sits 27.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (7,300 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$49,380 in Springfield, MO sits 22.8% below the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,400 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$79,370 in Springfield, MO sits 18.6% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (6,820 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$29,350 in Springfield, MO sits 16.7% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,050 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Springfield, MO; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 44180 · Springfield, MO $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #333/528
- RPP-LOW 88.6
- OCC-MOST 431 occs
- TOP-LEAD Orthopedic Sur… · $870K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Niles, MI
- BOOK-FULL 421 rows · May 2025
Read with Niles, MI (+$34 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 Springfield, MO
Where Springfield, MO already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside Springfield, MO's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 780 jobs · $130,290
- 2. Lawyers 710 jobs · $103,790
- 3. Software Developers 690 jobs · $102,350
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 660 jobs · $125,630
- 5. Pharmacists 560 jobs · $134,990
- 6. Managers, All Other 520 jobs · $107,550
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 510 jobs · $135,140
- 8. Marketing Managers 330 jobs · $120,310
- 9. Physician Assistants 300 jobs · $129,270
- 10. Dentists, General 250 jobs · $214,100
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 230 jobs · $104,190
- 12. Human Resources Managers 210 jobs · $125,000
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $354,760
- 14. Chief Executives 150 jobs · $179,910
- 15. Veterinarians 140 jobs · $102,740
- 16. Physicians, All Other 120 jobs · $300,000
- 17. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $110,610
- 18. Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 80 jobs · $106,630
Occupations Tracked
431
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,640
employment-weighted, 421 complete rows
Top Salary
$869,540
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
Cost of Living
88.6
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Springfield, 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 | $130,290 |
| 2 | Lawyers | $103,790 |
| 3 | Software Developers | $102,350 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,630 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $134,990 |
| 6 | Managers, All Other | $107,550 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $135,140 |
| 8 | Marketing Managers | $120,310 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $129,270 |
| 10 | Dentists, General | $214,100 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers | $104,190 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $125,000 |
| 13 | Family Medicine Physicians | $354,760 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $179,910 |
| 15 | Veterinarians | $102,740 |
| 16 | Physicians, All Other | $300,000 |
| 17 | Electrical Engineers | $110,610 |
| 18 | Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $106,630 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $141,710 |
| 20 | Optometrists | $138,160 |
| 21 | Commercial Pilots | $114,000 |
| 22 | Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers | $132,130 |
| 23 | Purchasing Managers | $115,320 |
| 24 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $869,540 |
| 25 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $102,360 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Springfield, MO
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $28,600 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $28,600 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,600 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,660 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,750 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $28,780 |
| Bartenders | $29,120 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,120 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,190 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $29,350 |
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 ($55,640 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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