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Jefferson City, MO

300 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 27620.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Psychiatrists$282,050
Family Medicine Physicians$224,100
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$220,460
Dentists, General$208,630
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$160,470
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$135,340
Pharmacists$130,190
Nurse Practitioners$128,710
Computer and Information Systems Managers$127,330
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$126,890
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$123,340
Sales Managers$121,840
Marketing Managers$118,540
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$116,670
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$113,090
Construction Managers$108,260
Human Resources Managers$106,850
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$102,840
Veterinarians$101,230
Physical Therapists$98,070
All 300 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-20111,120$64,0401.50
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012140$88,9601.05
Agricultural Inspectors 45-201140$56,0805.11
Agricultural Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 19-4012140$40,54017.94
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-301140$58,1900.54
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091130$29,7300.65
Animal Caretakers 39-2021100$29,2800.74
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301130$58,4200.63
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904150$160,4700.48
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021110$54,0601.46
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023420$47,0101.16
Bakers 51-301140$34,3700.34
Bartenders 35-3011250$28,6300.65
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301190$35,5201.13
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021130$43,2800.62
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 19-1029140$59,0504.96
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031590$45,1800.84
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 47-202150$58,1201.85
Budget Analysts 13-203190$67,7003.53
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051130$47,0400.61
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-305250$43,9800.61
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031120$53,1700.79
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199Not available$64,060
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101140$62,9201.05
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302160$37,9200.82
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020240$61,2600.94
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-701140$47,5201.00
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119480$57,3601.43
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203240$55,5700.62
Carpenters 47-2031430$57,0301.25
Cashiers 41-20111,650$29,4201.04
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051180$58,3801.66
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011120$113,0901.15
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021440$51,7102.15
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011350$28,6001.31
Chiropractors 29-101130$60,4501.56
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302260$52,9201.77
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051340$77,9801.77
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031170$68,3101.03
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061210$31,5401.07
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010130$57,0500.76
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 19-303360$116,6701.63
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022180$37,8401.42
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124130$49,7301.58
Community Health Workers 21-109440$47,4001.32
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109950$50,6800.86
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-114130$71,5500.54
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041640$46,0402.97
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124160$80,4800.64
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-1231140$77,8101.83
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299360$82,8001.59
Computer Programmers 15-125170$81,1501.54
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211110$77,4900.40
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232450$56,9401.22
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021250$127,3300.73
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 49-201130$48,4500.99
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-1031220$56,31016.28
Construction Laborers 47-2061580$58,2201.03
Construction Managers 11-902160$108,2600.30
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401150$64,2400.69
Cooks, Fast Food 35-20111,320$28,6003.98
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012340$31,8401.52
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014460$34,6700.63
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012900$42,6204.57
Cost Estimators 13-1051200$69,4301.70
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-202180$36,1300.41
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031180$41,0201.90
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,360$38,9901.02
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-903270$46,3803.00
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403160$38,4000.64
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-2051120$80,2200.86
Database Administrators 15-124240$84,2201.21
Database Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124340$97,5601.30
Dental Assistants 31-9091150$44,0900.76
Dental Hygienists 29-129280$85,2900.69
Dentists, General 29-102150$208,6300.85
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302190$56,8701.47
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103150$62,4901.32
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011200$28,9500.71
Dishwashers 35-9021150$30,8600.60
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503280$47,9200.75
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031150$36,4500.72
Editors 27-304130$57,5700.74
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032150$85,1100.88
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-9033100$96,8301.07
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903130$47,3800.80
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012300$55,5201.63
Electrical Engineers 17-2071100$92,5500.99
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051200$96,7202.98
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302330$75,7600.65
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-202880$54,8500.65
Electricians 47-2111480$67,6301.22
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021600$47,9600.84
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061470$42,2405.88
Emergency Management Directors 11-916150$70,7507.79
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042100$36,7701.07
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-219950$81,0000.63
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-2041280$59,7606.15
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011250$55,7401.07
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031110$38,6700.66
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-904130$41,6700.99
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301340$94,6000.54
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121540$224,1000.66
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-2092610$29,1604.42
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209370$29,6504.08
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-3023520$29,5800.26
Financial Examiners 13-206180$64,8502.31
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031320$123,3400.73
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-2099120$56,7201.75
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205160$70,7800.30
Firefighters 33-2011140$47,0300.78
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011450$82,4801.08
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-1011210$50,7107.49
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102180$63,7701.54
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012490$36,0000.78
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101180$39,3100.82
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101290$46,8401.30
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011340$77,2501.07
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101260$83,9300.56
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011640$55,5200.87
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102230$46,7200.59
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012280$102,8403.47
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011460$63,0601.32
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011420$44,9400.73
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047200$56,6800.62
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021260$29,2000.56
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other 35-909970$35,7101.68
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041150$30,2100.99
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-407190$33,9205.99
Fundraisers 13-113130$60,0200.54
Funeral Attendants 39-402150$42,0203.03
General and Operations Managers 11-10212,280$76,1701.26
Graphic Designers 27-1024110$48,2601.05
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012110$28,6300.68
Health Education Specialists 21-1091200$54,1605.93
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-107160$77,0300.53
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-2099130$40,4601.43
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102280$61,0000.87
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-90991,070$48,38018.90
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021190$58,1800.88
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-3032980$48,8600.92
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198190$37,2602.26
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051200$47,5102.46
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,170$31,8300.53
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031140$28,6000.62
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-408190$31,2200.67
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416170$45,1801.57
Human Resources Managers 11-3121110$106,8500.96
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071530$62,4201.14
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-211290$84,9200.50
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-904190$58,9600.40
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051110$126,8900.91
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051240$41,8800.60
Information Security Analysts 15-121280$85,2600.85
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419950$48,6300.77
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061220$49,4500.72
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099110$55,0801.24
Instructional Coordinators 25-903160$64,4800.53
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-9041110$42,9300.97
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021220$63,2500.91
Insurance Underwriters 13-205360$75,9701.08
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,040$34,5400.92
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 23-102330Not available2.61
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201240$46,6000.73
Labor Relations Specialists 13-107590$59,4502.63
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,040$36,4000.68
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011530$37,0701.08
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601180$29,1600.74
Lawyers 23-1011490$93,3201.26
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601250$44,8700.66
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402280$53,3701.21
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061350$60,3401.06
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-4099300$36,7507.85
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033250$42,7900.49
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131160$47,3301.88
Loan Officers 13-2072270$64,4301.94
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108180$48,8700.63
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 53-706360$45,1302.92
Machinists 51-404170$51,8500.46
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012320$29,7400.71
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 43-905140$35,5501.35
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071900$46,3201.14
Management Analysts 13-1111480$72,4301.04
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199830$93,1002.58
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161270$62,4600.59
Marketing Managers 11-2021110$118,5400.53
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-102230$60,9501.36
Mechanical Drafters 17-301340$60,5502.16
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214160$89,1200.42
Medical Assistants 31-9092280$38,2600.65
Medical Records Specialists 29-207280$49,5400.81
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013170$38,9200.34
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111240$94,9000.79
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112140$48,3300.53
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102350$50,1700.74
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102670$44,6900.81
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022210$47,9600.67
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20901,000$44,1001.37
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers (3 O*NET occupations) 47-409070$47,8604.54
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902360$45,0201.26
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042100$58,8401.12
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-407290$48,7001.20
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 39-403140$35,4502.84
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-309930$29,7601.41
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244310$70,8901.94
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171130$128,7100.77
Nursing Assistants 31-1131630$36,0800.84
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011120$65,6701.60
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112250$95,1100.59
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,600$39,6401.26
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199440$55,7404.43
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073410$71,1401.67
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208140$43,4401.16
Order Clerks 43-415150$41,2101.19
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 49-305380$49,5504.36
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111240$46,3001.22
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064150$37,2100.51
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214160$54,1100.56
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011170$47,8400.84
Paramedics 29-204380$48,0801.52
Parts Salespersons 41-2022140$36,4300.99
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 47-2071150$60,8507.09
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305170$50,4200.91
Pharmacists 29-1051100$130,1900.63
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052200$36,4100.84
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202150$61,2500.85
Physical Therapists 29-112390$98,0700.63
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107140$135,3400.45
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122950$220,4600.28
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152290$49,5601.21
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051620$59,8601.79
Postal Service Clerks 43-505150$58,4701.24
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052150$62,0700.88
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011160$33,1900.66
Print Binding and Finishing Workers 51-5113120$37,0706.90
Printing Press Operators 51-5112130$49,6101.71
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-1092220$46,8404.68
Procurement Clerks 43-306150$41,4001.63
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199120$38,5300.95
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061170$51,4000.85
Project Management Specialists 13-1082500$79,9800.92
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202050$58,7601.76
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914180$52,2500.48
Psychiatrists 29-122340$282,0502.50
Public Relations Managers 11-203260$92,5501.65
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031250$59,5701.72
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503190$46,4301.73
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034100$72,7400.83
Real Estate Brokers 41-902150$51,8302.12
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022Not available$44,740
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171410$34,5100.87
Recreation Workers 39-9032150$35,7100.90
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,910$85,0101.10
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101560$49,6401.15
Residential Advisors 39-904160$37,9801.40
Respiratory Therapists 29-112650$77,5000.63
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,540$30,4000.76
Roofers 47-2181130$59,8201.83
Sales Managers 11-2022150$121,8400.46
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091220$61,8600.35
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012410$56,0100.64
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401160$82,7600.39
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-704170$37,9803.20
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031710$50,9501.30
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,880$40,9802.14
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031130$75,0400.50
Security Guards 33-9032350$44,4300.53
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302190$39,0200.54
Sheet Metal Workers 47-2211310$79,5005.08
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071380$37,8800.90
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053100$35,0300.76
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 19-309960$57,3503.08
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151160$67,8101.46
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093180$42,1100.78
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-125350$75,6200.56
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205250$46,2300.38
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205730$46,4800.69
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205890$47,3201.05
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112750$83,7400.50
Statisticians (2 O*NET occupations) 15-2041310$59,59020.76
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,430$34,9800.98
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018160$47,4800.62
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031130$31,7500.48
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 13-208160$35,0301.97
Tax Preparers 13-208230$75,9900.85
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309970$49,4301.26
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045440$35,5000.60
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202230$56,4000.45
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905240$62,1800.81
Tellers 43-3071370$36,3302.16
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151300$60,4201.28
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307150$95,9900.46
Tutors 25-3041110$28,6001.19
Veterinarians 29-113150$101,2301.14
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909650$35,9200.75
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205650$40,1000.78
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031820$30,2800.70
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-803170$48,5500.99
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121360$51,5801.65
Word Processors and Typists 43-902240$35,0302.42