Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

205 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 16020.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,540
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,470
Retail Salespersons	1,460
General and Operations Managers	1,450
Cashiers	1,270
Cooks, Fast Food	1,070
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,030
Stockers and Order Fillers	930
Office Clerks, General	850
Waiters and Waitresses	820
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	730
Nursing Assistants	680
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	600
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	600
Customer Service Representatives	580
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	520
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	510
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	500
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	490
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	410

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Cooks, Fast Food	5.79	1,070
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2.58	1,030
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2.24	250
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.21	410
Nurse Practitioners	2.20	200
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	2.10	180
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations)	2.04	110
Healthcare Social Workers	2.02	110
Tellers	1.99	190
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations)	1.98	190
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	1.87	190
Pharmacy Technicians	1.73	230
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	1.71	240
Medical and Health Services Managers	1.64	280
Nursing Assistants	1.63	680
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	1.55	100
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1.55	200
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1.52	1,470
Animal Caretakers	1.52	120
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1.51	310

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Pharmacists	$141,250
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$141,080
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$139,690
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$133,110
Nurse Practitioners	$130,000
Human Resources Managers	$128,240
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$128,230
Medical and Health Services Managers	$104,010
Construction Managers	$102,980
Physical Therapists	$100,420
Veterinarians	$100,360
Software Developers	$100,220
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$99,650
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$98,990
Sales Managers	$98,810
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$98,650
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$98,220
Speech-Language Pathologists	$97,900
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$96,860
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$96,320

BLS didn't publish the median for 1 occupation here because it is very high: Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations). They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 205 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	320	$64,010	0.77
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$81,160	0.57
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	50	$51,920	1.90
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	110	$28,600	0.94
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	120	$29,890	1.52
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$46,750	1.18
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	310	$48,690	1.51
Bakers `51-3011`	50	$29,950	0.68
Bartenders `35-3011`	280	$28,600	1.30
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	60	$39,490	1.34
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	140	$43,350	1.24
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	310	$45,810	0.78
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	70	$47,550	0.62
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$51,260	1.06
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	120	$62,660	0.40
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	30	$35,110	0.82
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	140	$57,790	0.98
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	40	$38,440	1.81
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	30	$47,520	1.84
Carpenters `47-2031`	180	$63,740	0.95
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,270	$29,350	1.43
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	70	$58,180	1.15
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	250	$46,430	2.24
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	140	$29,210	0.96
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	30	$81,190	0.33
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	120	$33,090	1.11
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	190	$51,900	1.98
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	80	$51,960	1.07
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	30	$50,590	0.97
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	70	$49,570	0.55
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$72,950	0.86
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	90	$77,500	0.71
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	120	$78,720	0.83
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	130	$53,230	0.64
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	80	$128,230	0.43
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	220	$58,140	0.69
Construction Managers `11-9021`	70	$102,980	0.63
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	1,070	$28,820	5.79
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	200	$33,880	1.55
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	380	$34,870	0.94
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	60	$41,170	0.51
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$77,770	1.10
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$38,870	0.77
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	80	$41,020	1.50
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	580	$38,190	0.78
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	150	$44,370	1.38
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$83,690	1.24
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	40	$81,430	1.58
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$60,200	1.64
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$30,490	0.73
Dishwashers `35-9021`	110	$29,590	0.83
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$49,790	1.05
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	130	$36,480	1.12
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	100	$96,860	1.07
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	190	$55,520	1.87
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	50	$99,650	1.44
Electricians `47-2111`	150	$59,720	0.68
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	1,030	$47,100	2.58
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	50	$35,550	0.99
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining `47-5022`	60	$57,640	5.73
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	90	$53,420	0.67
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	70	$37,450	0.73
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9041`	50	Not available	2.77
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$94,140	0.82
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	520	$29,810	0.47
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	120	$139,690	0.50
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	180	$88,150	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	390	$35,990	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	180	$75,830	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$72,660	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	320	$58,680	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$75,530	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	230	$65,990	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	350	$46,570	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	120	$58,430	0.68
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	240	$28,860	0.93
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	180	$30,090	2.10
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,450	$74,790	1.44
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$51,180	0.72
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	100	$28,800	1.11
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	110	$40,320	2.04
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	110	$49,490	2.02
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	110	$47,150	0.96
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	730	$50,200	1.24
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	50	$35,270	1.03
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	90	$47,930	2.11
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,540	$33,940	1.24
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	150	$28,600	1.21
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	70	$33,020	0.99
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$128,240	0.50
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	230	$60,660	0.86
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	60	$98,650	0.57
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	80	$66,530	0.60
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	70	$133,110	0.94
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	90	$44,150	0.41
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	30	$36,820	0.80
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	220	$57,140	1.30
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$46,410	1.13
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	60	$61,790	0.88
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	Not available	$35,380
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$58,730	0.88
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	Not available	$39,390
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	510	$35,130	0.80
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	600	$36,430	0.70
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	200	$36,130	0.72
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	80	$29,630	1.47
Lawyers `23-1011`	120	$94,600	0.53
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	30	$34,970	1.33
Library Technicians `25-4031`	40	$36,470	2.24
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	410	$60,100	2.21
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	210	$35,020	0.76
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$42,520	1.07
Loan Officers `13-2072`	70	$76,400	0.92
Machinists `51-4041`	100	$48,160	1.17
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	280	$32,120	1.13
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	490	$48,830	1.12
Management Analysts `13-1111`	40	$77,990	0.14
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	90	$98,220	0.51
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$50,340	0.56
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$94,750	0.45
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	40	$94,940	0.43
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	350	$37,470	1.49
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	70	$36,970	3.17
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	70	$51,090	1.29
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	290	$37,360	1.06
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	280	$104,010	1.64
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	50	$35,930	1.03
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	100	$56,090	0.54
Millwrights `49-9044`	30	$60,260	2.78
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	250	$37,270	0.61
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	60	$61,670	1.20
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	200	$130,000	2.20
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	680	$36,650	1.63
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	70	$98,990	1.40
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	60	$62,010	4.13
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	850	$38,830	1.19
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	130	$61,480	0.98
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	50	$36,100	2.59
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$35,740	0.47
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	90	$58,010	1.37
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	60	$46,160	0.49
Paramedics `29-2043`	30	$51,650	1.05
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	100	$37,560	1.34
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$43,610	1.00
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$72,280	0.58
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$141,250	1.07
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	230	$35,910	1.73
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	50	$36,140	1.13
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	90	$61,560	2.64
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	100	$100,420	1.26
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$141,080	0.91
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	80	Not published (very high)	0.77
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	120	$65,180	0.88
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	150	$56,010	0.80
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	130	$62,330	1.38
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	120	$29,830	0.86
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	70	$48,610	1.77
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	40	$56,640	1.04
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	70	$38,740	0.99
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	80	$47,720	0.75
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	200	$78,150	0.65
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	30	$53,390	1.93
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	40	$57,690	0.49
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	80	$36,350	1.82
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	30	$54,210	0.39
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$39,730	1.80
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	100	$65,220	1.55
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	330	$34,750	1.27
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	100	$30,910	1.02
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,470	$82,640	1.52
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	40	$28,600	1.53
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	90	$66,910	2.14
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,460	$30,250	1.30
Sales Managers `11-2022`	100	$98,810	0.56
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	180	$48,510	0.49
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	310	$59,830	0.88
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	40	$37,720	3.24
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	290	$48,570	0.96
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	500	$37,480	1.02
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	50	$72,820	0.34
Security Guards `33-9032`	140	$36,630	0.39
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$39,030	0.52
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	50	$57,190	1.35
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	140	$42,000	0.60
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$33,290	0.77
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$67,360	0.89
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	110	$39,550	0.88
Software Developers `15-1252`	90	$100,220	0.18
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$97,900	1.54
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	930	$35,040	1.14
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	240	$48,570	1.71
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	60	$30,000	0.42
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	60	$49,880	1.84
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	600	$29,070	1.48
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	50	$55,520	1.28
Tellers `43-3071`	190	$36,490	1.99
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	70	$36,260	2.29
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers `23-2093`	30	$45,670	2.24
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	100	$50,310	0.76
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$96,320	0.84
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$100,360	1.41
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$40,160	1.06
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	820	$28,710	1.26
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$50,960	1.62
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	170	$48,580	1.42