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.
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.
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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How to use Springfield, MO wage figures in a real decision
- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric leads published medians in Springfield, MO at $869,540/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,640 adjusts to about $62,810 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 88.6. 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.