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Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area

261 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 2900004.

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

All 261 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011390$62,4900.53
Actors 27-2011160$23.25 an hour (hourly only)5.72
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012100$68,6400.76
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301130$43,9600.68
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209140$61,1902.94
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-30911,070$29,9605.26
Animal Caretakers 39-2021160$32,1501.21
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301140$58,2300.81
Audio and Video Technicians 27-401160$39,3701.76
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302170$46,8900.92
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023460$41,1201.27
Bakers 51-3011120$29,6400.99
Bartenders 35-3011550$29,3901.43
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301140$35,3000.47
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021130$43,9200.65
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031480$41,1500.68
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 47-202140$60,0401.51
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051570$45,6202.75
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031130$49,2700.85
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199120$69,2400.22
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302180$36,5601.11
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020130$62,7700.51
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203260$50,8901.10
Carpenters 47-2031360$48,7301.04
Cashiers 41-20112,730$29,9401.72
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051250$51,1702.35
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101160$60,4700.56
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-901150$50,6400.76
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101170$129,6200.64
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021270$48,0301.33
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011260$30,3800.97
Chiropractors 29-101130$46,8901.51
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205140$72,3300.23
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061320$34,3701.66
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-201070$61,4200.41
Coaches and Scouts 27-202280$38,6900.63
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124230$56,4702.81
Community Health Workers 21-109430$48,3701.07
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041110$65,1400.53
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-916160$39,8500.66
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299120$77,2600.52
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121140$83,7300.16
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232140$48,6100.37
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302190$138,8700.26
Concierges 39-601230$34,8901.21
Construction Laborers 47-2061520$47,4100.93
Construction Managers 11-902150$92,6400.28
Cooks, Fast Food 35-20112,130$28,6006.50
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012570$29,8502.54
Cooks, Restaurant 35-20141,110$35,2201.54
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-301270$37,0600.36
Cost Estimators 13-1051110$63,7700.97
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021110$36,8200.53
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031230$41,0202.53
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902150$48,8404.02
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051840$36,4300.63
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403170$40,5900.79
Data Entry Keyers 43-902140$35,2600.65
Dental Assistants 31-9091120$43,9200.59
Dental Hygienists 29-129250$84,0800.45
Dentists, General 29-102130$215,2300.52
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103130$37,4700.85
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011340$29,9401.22
Dishwashers 35-9021330$30,2701.34
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503260$50,0900.59
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031230$31,7101.09
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032260$88,1601.58
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012200$55,5201.09
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051180$95,6702.61
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-202840$28,6000.34
Electricians 47-2111230$52,8200.59
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,440$46,1402.02
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406170$38,9000.85
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-204250$38,6500.52
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011130$49,4800.56
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903180$36,7500.47
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-904140$49,5701.46
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301340$82,5100.47
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304190$49,0304.45
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-2092130$33,1300.92
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-2093130$30,7607.67
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-3023790$28,9800.40
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031130$115,5500.30
Firefighters 33-2011220$38,1401.23
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011240$71,5600.57
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101490$55,6901.69
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102130$58,4100.68
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012870$36,2601.39
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011160$38,9101.72
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101240$54,7700.59
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011320$63,5101.01
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101270$60,7100.64
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011570$48,6900.77
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102240$41,9800.73
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012100$59,7501.31
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011490$63,3001.43
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011750$45,0601.31
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047210$56,7000.66
Floral Designers 27-102340$32,8101.90
Food Batchmakers 51-3092120$51,4901.35
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021460$28,9601.00
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041Not available$29,110
Food Service Managers 11-905190$64,9000.71
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-407130$33,9201.93
General and Operations Managers 11-10213,160$61,3001.76
Glaziers 47-212160$37,1301.95
Graphic Designers 27-102490$46,7300.84
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other 37-3019Not available$51,890
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012100$29,4900.62
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209990$39,3100.92
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102270$45,5000.69
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021210$54,9001.00
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,110$49,6101.05
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198330$34,6303.89
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051320$46,9404.01
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11202,020$32,9400.92
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031590$30,8202.68
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081520$33,6403.89
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416130$46,4500.71
Human Resources Managers 11-312130$96,0100.30
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071280$56,1400.60
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112120$96,3000.62
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-904170$63,4200.33
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-305190$99,2200.73
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051270$41,3000.69
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061290$46,7100.96
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909940$47,6500.49
Instructional Coordinators 25-903150$54,8100.47
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021340$49,2401.37
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111120$37,0801.64
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,600$35,6201.41
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201280$47,1301.39
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,000$37,1800.67
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011580$35,6001.18
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011230$34,3302.24
Lawyers 23-1011100$84,2000.26
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601240$36,8100.49
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022110$51,0701.55
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412170$31,5601.62
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061360$59,0001.09
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-409930$37,1700.84
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033330$36,0100.65
Lighting Technicians 27-401540$37,8507.99
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413180$45,2800.89
Loan Officers 13-2072160$63,4401.16
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108140$70,8800.29
Machinists 51-4041140$44,5300.97
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20121,090$30,6102.47
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-904350$63,0901.77
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,400$42,2301.79
Management Analysts 13-111180$79,9200.18
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199180$81,8900.57
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161250$40,5700.55
Marketing Managers 11-202190$102,5800.43
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022Not available$40,860
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214140$78,3400.28
Medical Assistants 31-9092270$38,8600.65
Medical Records Specialists 29-207230$45,7000.32
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013150$39,5800.31
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111190$94,1100.64
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-1121100$46,8801.35
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102670$36,6400.84
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022510$46,7101.60
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090580$38,9100.80
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023390$50,0308.12
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-304260$58,6200.69
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 39-403140$44,0103.04
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-305130$38,0002.63
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4081490$41,0507.75
Musicians and Singers 27-2042140Not available7.82
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-124440$78,0500.25
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171190$110,8601.15
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,080$35,3001.45
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501150$78,5600.76
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,760$37,8601.39
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073370$57,5601.51
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208150$36,7701.45
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111420$48,5802.16
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064140$36,4700.48
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214170$46,5200.65
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-201170$41,6000.36
Parts Salespersons 41-2022140$37,4601.03
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 47-207160$64,8202.89
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305190$44,1801.21
Pharmacists 29-1051130$133,5600.78
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052350$37,6401.46
Phlebotomists 31-909750$34,6000.69
Photographers 27-4021110$30,2904.03
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202150$60,2600.87
Physical Therapists 29-112370$90,1600.52
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107140$141,6200.49
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152170$58,8100.73
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051390$46,6901.13
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051100$60,7902.60
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052230$57,0301.38
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011130$39,9900.55
Printing Press Operators 51-5112140$36,2301.85
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109270$46,8401.50
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201230$51,1200.43
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199250$48,5801.95
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061220$48,6901.11
Project Management Specialists 13-1082220$74,9700.41
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202030$47,7801.05
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141130$45,9500.79
Public Relations Specialists 27-303160$48,7100.43
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503180$39,4601.58
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034100$73,2300.88
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171440$33,8600.94
Recreation Workers 39-9032200$34,7201.16
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708150$47,8900.67
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,270$79,6600.74
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks 43-4181Not available$33,320
Respiratory Therapists 29-112670$80,0000.96
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,850$30,5301.43
Sales Managers 11-2022160$85,2300.49
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091300$42,1500.47
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012360$54,6600.56
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401160$49,5200.38
School Bus Monitors 33-909470$32,2201.76
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031980$48,2001.80
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014960$37,9901.10
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303190$60,6200.35
Security Guards 33-9032330$35,2200.50
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901240$33,2901.41
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 47-407150$46,9403.39
Set and Exhibit Designers 27-102740$37,7807.48
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603130$37,1100.62
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071250$39,9900.61
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053180$35,5901.39
Skincare Specialists 39-509440$49,9100.99
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915160$63,5400.58
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093140$36,9000.63
Software Developers 15-1252100$106,1500.12
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052120$43,8800.92
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058100$46,8001.14
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112750$75,0700.56
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70652,350$35,6501.62
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018180$45,6700.70
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031340$31,2001.26
Surgical Technologists 29-205540$53,8600.64
Tax Preparers 13-208240$35,2301.05
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045840$34,1501.15
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202240$48,3600.57
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905240$55,1700.84
Tellers 43-3071340$34,3002.02
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309380$36,3901.48
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209330$39,0501.24
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-701050$35,4601.99
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151150$46,9600.65
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307170$73,9000.59
Travel Agents 41-3041270$37,0609.49
Tree Trimmers and Pruners 37-3013Not available$37,560
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers 39-3031180$28,8102.94
Veterinarians 29-113160$110,5901.49
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909670$35,1501.10
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205660$38,0100.90
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30312,000$29,0801.72
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031190$46,5602.84
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511130$40,6201.21
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121310$45,9401.44
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-704240$39,8001.37