St. Louis

St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area. 28 published occupation pages; regional price parity 95.1 (US = 100).

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · 28 occupations

Table 1 — By occupation

What St. Louis pays

Median annual pay for every published occupation in the metro, exactly as released.

Occupation	Median	Employment
Software Developers	$129,030	9,820
Project Management Specialists	$100,510	10,450
General and Operations Managers	$93,140	46,410
Registered Nurses	$83,180	35,200
Accountants and Auditors	$78,880	13,610
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$68,590	9,840
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$64,590	10,710
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$62,130	9,870
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$60,650	13,440
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$58,240	18,270
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$53,930	13,170
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$49,970	9,950
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$46,200	15,000
Customer Service Representatives	$45,800	23,760
Office Clerks, General	$44,980	22,540
Security Guards	$42,600	9,720
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$41,780	21,340
Nursing Assistants	$39,110	14,620
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$38,520	10,090
Stockers and Order Fillers	$37,840	28,940
Cooks, Restaurant	$37,690	12,970
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$36,620	19,680
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	$36,410	10,010
Retail Salespersons	$33,820	29,750
Cashiers	$32,380	31,130
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$31,260	19,170
Waiters and Waitresses	$31,200	20,170
Cooks, Fast Food	$30,860	17,700

Sources

Wage data: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.

Medians are reported exactly as released. We take no payment for how any figure is presented.