Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Columbia, MO metropolitan area. Estimated employment 840.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Columbia earn more.
$47,920 in Columbia buys what $53,600 buys across the country as a whole.
Columbia's regional price parity is 89.4 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Missouri
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Columbia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | $61,060 | $66,000 | 92.5 | +23.1% |
| St. Louis | $60,650 | $63,800 | 95.1 | +19.0% |
| Springfield | $49,380 | $55,700 | 88.6 | +4.0% |
| St. Joseph | $49,140 | $56,900 | 86.4 | +6.2% |
| Joplin | $48,770 | $56,900 | 85.7 | +6.2% |
| Jefferson City | $47,960 | $54,500 | 88.0 | +1.7% |
| Columbia This page | $47,920 | $53,600 | 89.4 | — |
| Cape Girardeau | $47,100 | $54,700 | 86.1 | +2.1% |
Price parity and difference against Columbia are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 840 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-2021, Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education. Mapped to our taxonomy as elementary-school-teachers-except-special-education.
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