Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
St. Joseph, MO-KS metropolitan area. Estimated employment 360.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in St. Joseph earn more.
$49,790 in St. Joseph buys what $57,600 buys across the country as a whole.
St. Joseph's regional price parity is 86.4 — 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. St. Joseph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | $62,130 | $65,300 | 95.1 | +13.4% |
| Kansas City | $61,200 | $66,100 | 92.5 | +14.7% |
| Springfield | $60,060 | $67,800 | 88.6 | +17.6% |
| Columbia | $58,720 | $65,700 | 89.4 | +13.9% |
| Jefferson City | $50,950 | $57,900 | 88.0 | +0.5% |
| Joplin | $50,690 | $59,100 | 85.7 | +2.6% |
| St. Joseph This page | $49,790 | $57,600 | 86.4 | — |
| Cape Girardeau | $48,570 | $56,400 | 86.1 | −2.1% |
Price parity and difference against St. Joseph 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
- 360 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-2031, Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Mapped to our taxonomy as secondary-school-teachers-except-special-and-career-technical-education.
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