St. Louis, MO-IL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in St. Louis, MO-IL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in St. Louis, MO-IL moved from $48,290 in May 2024 to $49,990 in May 2025 (+3.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- St. Louis, MO-IL sits +0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in St. Louis, MO-IL
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators publishes $82,270 here versus $59,850 nationally (+37.5%; 4,190metro-area jobs). Next is Construction Laborers at $64,500 locally versus $47,120 nationally (+36.9%).
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$82,270 in St. Louis, MO-IL sits 37.5% above the national Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators median of $59,850 (4,190 published local jobs).
- Construction Laborers$64,500 in St. Louis, MO-IL sits 36.9% above the national Construction Laborers median of $47,120 (8,670 published local jobs).
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$62,090 in St. Louis, MO-IL sits 31.6% above the national Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,180 (4,480 published local jobs).
- Computer Network Architects$103,370 in St. Louis, MO-IL sits 22.9% below the national Computer Network Architects median of $134,050 (2,010 published local jobs).
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for St. Louis, MO-IL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 41180 · St. Louis, MO-IL $66K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #89/528
- RPP-MID 95.1
- OCC-MOST 652 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $469K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Kansas City, MO-KS
- BOOK-FULL 629 rows · May 2025
Read with Kansas City, MO-KS ($29 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 St. Louis, MO-IL
Employment scale inside St. Louis, MO-IL's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside St. Louis, MO-IL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 7,190 jobs · $158,780
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 6,160 jobs · $167,130
- 3. Lawyers 6,100 jobs · $142,690
- 4. Marketing Managers 3,540 jobs · $137,900
- 5. Pharmacists 2,910 jobs · $138,530
- 6. Physicians, All Other 2,470 jobs · $246,440
- 7. Human Resources Managers 1,940 jobs · $133,880
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,280 jobs · $162,660
- 9. Physician Assistants 1,260 jobs · $136,120
- 10. Dentists, General 1,250 jobs · $210,430
- 11. Chief Executives 1,120 jobs · $202,840
- 12. Purchasing Managers 700 jobs · $135,400
- 13. Nurse Anesthetists 650 jobs · $232,300
- 14. Natural Sciences Managers 650 jobs · $158,820
- 15. Optometrists 340 jobs · $135,090
- 16. Pediatricians, General 320 jobs · $223,910
- 17. Athletes and Sports Competitors 320 jobs · $203,390
- 18. Radiologists 170 jobs · $468,860
Occupations Tracked
652
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$65,961
employment-weighted, 629 complete rows
Top Salary
$468,860
Radiologists
Cost of Living
95.1
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $468,860 |
| 2 | Psychiatrists | $298,160 |
| 3 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $276,550 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $246,440 |
| 5 | Nurse Anesthetists | $232,300 |
| 6 | Pediatricians, General | $223,910 |
| 7 | Dentists, General | $210,430 |
| 8 | Physicians, Pathologists | $207,450 |
| 9 | Athletes and Sports Competitors | $203,390 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $202,840 |
| 11 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $199,310 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $167,130 |
| 13 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $162,660 |
| 14 | Natural Sciences Managers | $158,820 |
| 15 | Financial Managers | $158,780 |
| 16 | Lawyers | $142,690 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $142,660 |
| 18 | Pharmacists | $138,530 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $137,900 |
| 20 | Physician Assistants | $136,120 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $135,400 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $135,090 |
| 23 | Human Resources Managers | $133,880 |
| 24 | Chemical Engineers | $133,450 |
| 25 | Nurse Midwives | $133,330 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Gambling Dealers | $28,600 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $28,600 |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $28,930 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $29,250 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $30,010 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $30,730 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $30,860 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,200 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $31,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $31,200 |
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 ($65,961 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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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.