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Joplin, MO-KS

284 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 27900.

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.

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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
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$324,090
Dentists, General$201,820
Family Medicine Physicians$200,530
Nurse Anesthetists$170,770
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$150,300
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$135,140
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$134,670
Computer and Information Systems Managers$129,810
Pharmacists$127,710
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$127,550
Nurse Practitioners$126,640
Marketing Managers$121,580
Construction Managers$108,900
Software Developers$105,960
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$103,620
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$103,240
Veterinarians$102,700
Electrical Engineers$102,630
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$102,460
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$101,980
All 284 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011560$72,5600.69
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders 51-919130$48,0505.24
Administrative Services Managers 11-301270$83,1300.47
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 25-301140$48,0501.74
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301150$49,0300.96
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091160$28,6000.72
Animal Caretakers 39-2021130$28,6100.85
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301140$58,6900.75
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904160$135,1400.45
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 25-112140$61,7400.69
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021130$52,2001.58
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023590$46,3201.49
Bartenders 35-3011310$28,6000.72
Bill and Account Collectors 43-3011130$34,5501.43
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021200$43,8300.90
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031530$45,1800.69
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051220$46,3300.98
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031360$56,5802.22
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199170$75,9300.29
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101140$103,2400.89
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302150$40,4700.68
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020240$62,7600.88
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011100$44,4902.28
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119480$56,6001.25
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203290$48,4201.41
Carpenters 47-2031300$48,5400.79
Cashiers 41-20112,400$29,0501.38
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051100$56,3700.84
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-9011120$67,7901.56
Chemists 19-203140$77,4600.77
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101160$134,6700.56
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021330$48,6001.51
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011300$28,6001.03
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302250$60,2401.21
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051170$79,2200.84
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103140$61,4800.20
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061420$32,6001.98
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010260$50,6901.39
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022110$48,4600.76
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124270$42,4303.06
Community Health Workers 21-109440$46,7001.05
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041100$61,0600.41
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123160$61,7500.69
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-916180$43,5200.87
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299120$73,6900.50
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121160$78,1600.20
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232250$47,6700.62
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021120$129,8100.32
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 49-201140$37,5100.97
Construction Laborers 47-2061510$49,8800.83
Construction Managers 11-9021170$108,9000.80
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401150$59,8200.66
Cooks, Fast Food 35-20112,030$28,6005.65
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012350$31,0701.41
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014700$33,9300.88
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-301290$35,2000.42
Cost Estimators 13-1051200$65,3601.57
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021150$36,3900.65
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031170$41,0201.66
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902140$47,7902.46
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,080$41,8500.74
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9032100$50,9803.91
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031150$40,9301.58
Data Entry Keyers 43-902150Not available0.72
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205160$96,6500.39
Dental Assistants 31-9091210$43,0100.99
Dental Hygienists 29-1292120$83,2700.92
Dentists, General 29-102150$201,8200.69
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302140$49,2000.67
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203270$81,9901.42
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103150$58,6101.08
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011180$29,7500.60
Dishwashers 35-9021210$29,0700.80
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032150$53,8401.33
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031260$37,9601.11
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032220$96,8101.17
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-9033100$78,1800.96
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012260$51,0401.30
Electrical Engineers 17-207150$102,6300.42
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051160$97,6702.11
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302340$58,6900.82
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 17-301240$70,0104.09
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2028420$38,1503.05
Electricians 47-2111430$67,7201.00
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,100$48,7701.41
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061110$38,9001.27
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-204280$39,6700.78
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-219940$73,5400.46
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011160$53,5900.62
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031100$29,8800.55
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301340$99,4700.49
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121570$200,5301.14
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209240$32,9500.28
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,130$28,7300.52
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031230$127,5500.49
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-209930$60,6500.45
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205150$89,8200.27
Firefighters 33-2011150$38,8500.75
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011430$78,1100.94
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102160$52,6701.09
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012680$35,3700.99
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101170$44,3200.67
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011420$81,3501.21
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101260$73,2600.48
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011590$56,8000.73
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102250$40,0200.75
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101290$71,6301.01
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011770$63,8302.05
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011660$46,0201.05
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047400$59,9001.16
Floral Designers 27-102330$29,9801.49
Food Batchmakers 51-3092240$43,6002.46
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 51-309380$37,1904.82
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021410$29,0100.82
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041200$30,3701.19
Food Service Managers 11-905130$62,0400.25
Fundraisers 13-113140$56,1300.59
Furniture Finishers 51-702130$38,7304.08
Graphic Designers 27-102480$49,4400.72
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012130$28,6000.77
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-107160$77,1300.47
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-2099150$39,7701.50
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022130$55,5101.24
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021210$55,3600.92
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30323,470$47,4303.00
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198350$47,8503.74
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051190$47,7602.14
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11202,050$34,8000.85
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031220$28,6000.92
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081120$30,5100.79
Human Resources Managers 11-312170$99,5200.60
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071390$61,2400.76
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302670$60,3301.70
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112230$84,5601.12
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041350$63,7201.42
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051180$103,6201.34
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051780$45,9901.79
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061620$47,9601.85
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909970$49,8600.69
Instructional Coordinators 25-903190$61,5600.70
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904160$43,2400.52
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021170$50,4000.64
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-411170$36,3800.80
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,160$34,6200.94
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201280$48,3401.32
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,720$39,4001.04
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011270$36,2100.50
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011100$34,6700.92
Lawyers 23-1011180$96,1900.41
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601270$35,1300.80
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402280$55,7001.04
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412140$28,6000.75
Library Technicians 25-403150$35,1201.24
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061400$58,9201.10
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-409960$57,1101.46
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033540$42,0500.98
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131140$44,6901.56
Loan Officers 13-2072140$70,1700.90
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108180$73,8100.54
Machinists 51-4041360$46,8202.25
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists 29-203540$70,4801.50
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012450$32,3600.92
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-9043100$61,3202.93
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,020$48,7401.19
Management Analysts 13-111180$82,7600.16
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199210$101,9800.60
Manicurists and Pedicurists 39-509230$36,8600.36
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161270$55,0500.54
Marketing Managers 11-202180$121,5800.37
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141110$83,4300.65
Medical Assistants 31-9092440$37,2200.96
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909340$44,8900.86
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072130$47,0001.17
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013260$38,6000.49
Medical Transcriptionists 31-909440$28,6001.51
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111230$98,6200.70
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-1023120$44,4201.57
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102670$36,2900.80
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022430$49,1101.24
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20901,150$40,9901.46
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023190$62,4603.65
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042130$60,9101.32
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (4 O*NET occupations) 51-919570$52,5603.72
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-407230$47,3300.41
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4081160$42,2302.25
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244110$84,5900.63
Nurse Anesthetists 29-115130$170,7701.04
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171230$126,6401.27
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,180$34,6001.46
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011110$73,5801.41
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112270$93,4100.75
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,460$38,1701.06
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073330$53,2101.24
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205730$36,6800.83
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208150$36,6801.22
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-91111,280$47,0406.03
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064130$36,0100.41
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214160$45,5500.48
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9196130$46,1802.37
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011100$46,6200.44
Paramedics 29-2043100$49,4801.86
Parts Salespersons 41-2022220$37,7201.46
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-3051100$48,5101.21
Pharmacists 29-1051180$127,7101.01
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052310$37,8601.19
Phlebotomists 31-909740$41,6000.47
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202180$58,2401.30
Physical Therapists 29-1123130$100,1500.85
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107170$150,3000.78
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229120$324,0900.61
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152180$64,3700.67
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051360$45,4600.96
Postal Service Clerks 43-505160$60,2501.40
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052210$62,0901.16
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-1199210$59,5702.53
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011180$31,3300.65
Printing Press Operators 51-5112150$46,6601.80
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109240$46,8400.76
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201230$57,2200.42
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199300$34,2202.12
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061320$56,7901.48
Project Management Specialists 13-1082330$77,7600.56
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202030$45,9901.05
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141100$58,7100.58
Psychiatric Technicians 29-2053180$35,1202.03
Public Relations Specialists 27-303190$52,0900.58
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031100$45,1101.71
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034230$71,9701.76
Real Estate Brokers 41-902160$57,0202.15
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902240$35,9900.33
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171510$34,3501.01
Recreation Workers 39-903290$30,1900.50
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians 49-309230$41,2403.22
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708160$49,2500.70
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11412,670$74,9301.41
Residential Advisors 39-904130$28,9600.68
Respiratory Therapists 29-1126150$65,6301.97
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,420$30,7401.11
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-402330$37,8702.13
Roofers 47-218160$39,1700.73
Sales Managers 11-2022210$98,0200.58
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091290$44,3100.41
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012670$57,2700.97
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401170$86,6300.47
School Bus Monitors 33-909440$32,4700.85
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031580$50,6900.97
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014990$38,5401.04
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031120$69,6400.42
Security Guards 33-9032180$37,8300.25
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 49-2098160$51,4503.33
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021100$48,2700.56
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9012160$58,1704.70
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603140$31,0400.76
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221130$40,5700.52
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071620$42,0001.35
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305370$35,7600.54
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915190$62,9300.78
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093160$38,6500.66
Software Developers 15-1252120$105,9600.13
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052100$49,2100.66
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205780$48,7201.56
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 25-2051Not available$47,540
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205890$48,5201.01
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112780$81,0400.80
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70652,620$35,4601.65
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 47-222190$62,6002.26
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018300$52,8001.10
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031540$30,7801.85
Surgical Technologists 29-2055100$56,7501.47
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-102230$65,3401.07
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045800$35,0501.00
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202240$54,7200.45
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905240$62,6400.67
Tellers 43-3071280$35,1901.52
Tool and Die Makers 51-411140$55,9301.18
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151220$48,7300.85
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3071120$102,4600.95
Tutors 25-304130$52,0000.32
Veterinarians 29-113150$102,7000.98
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909640$33,8000.57
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205640$39,0800.61
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,220$28,6000.96
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031100$49,7501.37
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121570$45,7702.46