St. Joseph, MO-KS

233 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 41140.

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)	1,760
General and Operations Managers	1,510
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,490
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,360
Cashiers	1,330
Retail Salespersons	1,310
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,300
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,280
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,120
Cooks, Fast Food	1,020
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	850
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	830
Office Clerks, General	820
Customer Service Representatives	780
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	770
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	660
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	640
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	630
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	630
Nursing Assistants	620

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
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	12.91	660
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	8.46	1,120
Helpers--Production Workers	7.00	410
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	5.84	120
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.20	170
Cooks, Fast Food	4.57	1,020
Food Processing Workers, All Other	4.37	100
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	4.21	610
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	4.12	200
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	3.36	100
Chemists	3.35	100
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	3.27	430
Sheet Metal Workers	3.06	130
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.91	160
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.80	120
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2.76	1,360
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	2.68	100
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	2.60	330
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.48	580
Correctional Officers and Jailers	2.41	320

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$400,000
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$217,670
Dentists, General	$207,450
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$138,340
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$138,060
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$134,810
Pharmacists	$131,720
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$131,540
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$130,170
Nurse Practitioners	$128,710
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$128,370
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$125,750
Marketing Managers	$123,480
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$123,420
Veterinarians	$118,290
Construction Managers	$116,540
Human Resources Managers	$115,270
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$108,920
Sales Managers	$106,130
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$104,540

All 233 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	340	$67,480	0.67
Agricultural Inspectors `45-2011`	60	$43,880	10.99
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	130	$28,600	0.92
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	80	$29,830	0.82
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$138,340	0.69
Athletic Trainers `29-9091`	30	$54,810	3.11
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$56,850	1.06
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	330	$47,180	1.34
Bakers `51-3011`	70	$34,540	0.80
Bartenders `35-3011`	210	$29,000	0.79
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	110	$35,950	2.06
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	120	$44,790	0.85
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	310	$46,730	0.64
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	240	$43,490	1.69
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	110	$58,440	1.13
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	180	$77,230	0.47
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$39,400	1.13
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	130	$66,990	0.77
Carpenters `47-2031`	220	$60,150	0.96
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,330	$29,920	1.23
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	70	$58,480	0.96
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	200	$49,880	4.12
Chemists `19-2031`	100	$78,230	3.35
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	$131,540	0.67
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	190	$49,060	1.36
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	260	$29,130	1.44
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$83,510	0.34
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	60	$75,440	0.53
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	430	$49,140	3.27
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	110	$47,250	0.96
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	120	$39,960	1.37
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	160	$55,190	2.91
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	130	$66,670	0.92
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	40	$60,960	0.73
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	80	$82,480	0.51
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$80,670	0.20
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	150	$52,520	0.59
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	80	$130,170	0.33
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	280	$51,760	0.73
Construction Managers `11-9021`	70	$116,540	0.52
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	1,020	$29,620	4.57
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	210	$34,070	1.37
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	320	$35,560	0.65
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	320	$42,620	2.41
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	100	$78,530	1.31
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	70	$38,000	0.51
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	90	$41,830	1.50
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9021`	60	$50,640	6.51
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	780	$42,840	0.86
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9032`	60	$50,930	3.98
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	30	$33,210	0.70
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	140	$43,500	1.03
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$87,370	0.97
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$207,450	1.20
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	40	$96,240	1.13
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$64,060	1.34
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$29,460	0.60
Dishwashers `35-9021`	140	$30,550	0.83
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	70	$54,070	0.92
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	130	$37,720	0.89
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	130	$96,390	1.12
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	150	$55,830	1.21
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	90	$100,340	1.86
Electricians `47-2111`	350	$97,350	1.34
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	770	$49,140	1.59
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	60	$40,280	1.12
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	50	$38,680	0.79
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	100	$54,760	0.65
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	60	$31,380	0.57
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4021`	50	$35,630	2.17
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9041`	40	$42,410	1.77
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$108,920	0.99
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	80	$400,000	2.04
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	30	$60,840	2.64
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	640	$29,430	0.48
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$123,420	0.52
Firefighters `33-2011`	130	$38,220	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	280	$90,030	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	70	$60,120	1.98
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	380	$36,900	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	30	$44,730	0.55
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$49,780	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	290	$85,120	1.34
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	30	$80,110	0.44
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	360	$61,070	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$43,620	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	90	$79,200	1.66
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	580	$77,370	2.48
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	400	$46,300	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	200	$66,010	0.91
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	100	$40,160	1.66
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	440	$28,960	1.42
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	100	$45,200	4.37
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	130	$30,210	1.29
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders `51-3091`	90	$47,440	12.53
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,510	$74,570	1.23
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	80	$49,690	1.11
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	40	$28,730	0.40
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	90	$44,040	1.40
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$59,840	0.99
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	100	$37,170	2.68
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	170	$61,910	1.19
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	850	$56,330	1.18
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	410	$39,300	7.00
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	120	$47,760	2.23
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,760	$31,250	1.17
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	110	$28,600	0.70
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	40	$33,080	0.43
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$115,270	0.55
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	250	$64,200	0.78
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	330	$95,440	2.60
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	110	$75,640	0.73
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	180	$128,370	2.14
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	360	$42,030	1.31
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	340	$49,370	1.64
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	90	$47,760	1.38
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$63,920	0.44
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$44,480	0.43
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	130	$60,680	0.76
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	40	$40,500	0.87
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	630	$36,090	0.81
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,300	$44,100	1.26
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	220	$36,460	0.65
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$30,470	0.99
Lawyers `23-1011`	100	$97,370	0.39
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$36,500	0.68
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$47,670	1.09
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$28,600	1.50
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	290	$60,720	1.27
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-4099`	40	$55,070	1.50
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	340	$46,470	0.98
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	60	$45,990	1.04
Loan Officers `13-2072`	80	$63,080	0.84
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	120	$74,780	1.35
Machinists `51-4041`	80	$66,390	0.77
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	200	$31,210	0.66
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	120	$76,530	5.84
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	830	$57,420	1.55
Management Analysts `13-1111`	50	$77,230	0.16
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	150	$125,750	0.67
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	160	$58,530	0.50
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	60	$123,480	0.41
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	660	$41,890	12.91
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	70	Not available	0.63
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	270	$40,280	0.94
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$49,040	0.70
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists `19-1042`	90	$76,740	1.55
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	210	$39,000	0.61
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	200	$98,080	0.94
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$36,420	1.08
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	260	$50,600	1.19
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,360	$54,400	2.76
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	170	$48,440	5.20
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	70	$61,820	1.15
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	70	$51,020	1.41
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	120	$50,560	2.80
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	40	$134,810	0.93
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$74,110	0.41
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	140	$128,710	1.25
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	620	$35,900	1.23
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$85,620	1.22
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$92,640	1.00
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	820	$40,400	0.95
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	390	$62,820	2.32
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$36,390	1.39
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	1,120	$50,930	8.46
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	130	$38,290	0.69
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$51,230	0.57
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$49,760	0.37
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	120	$38,620	1.23
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	70	$74,760	4.99
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$56,970	0.99
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$74,400	0.49
Pharmacists `29-1051`	120	$131,720	1.10
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	240	$36,930	1.47
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$61,510	1.17
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$99,310	0.91
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$138,060	0.92
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	60	$217,670	0.54
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	200	$68,290	1.24
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	270	$58,170	1.15
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$57,090	1.47
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$59,880	1.07
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	90	$35,150	0.56
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	100	$46,840	3.36
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	190	$43,420	2.15
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	130	$62,720	0.96
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	210	$89,670	0.55
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	40	$46,370	2.00
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	50	$47,870	0.43
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$56,480	0.38
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	70	$46,750	2.09
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	130	$73,080	1.62
Real Estate Brokers `41-9021`	30	$58,760	1.92
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	320	$35,190	1.02
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	40	$37,470	0.36
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,490	$77,240	1.26
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	40	$49,420	1.20
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	50	$73,860	1.11
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,310	$31,770	0.96
Roofers `47-2181`	30	$51,140	0.69
Sales Managers `11-2022`	120	$106,130	0.52
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	120	$47,210	0.27
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	320	$64,450	0.73
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	60	$100,720	0.58
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	360	$49,790	0.96
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	630	$42,210	1.05
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	80	$70,010	0.46
Security Guards `33-9032`	270	$39,180	0.59
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	100	$36,710	0.84
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	130	$83,060	3.06
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	260	$45,890	0.90
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	120	$37,450	1.42
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$63,850	0.82
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	100	$40,150	0.65
Software Developers `15-1252`	90	$98,570	0.15
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	40	$51,490	0.43
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$93,880	0.72
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,280	$36,640	1.29
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	130	$51,070	0.73
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	130	$33,480	0.71
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	400	$30,840	0.81
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	50	$59,390	0.99
Tellers `43-3071`	150	$37,180	1.30
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	40	$36,430	0.95
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	170	$56,140	1.08
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	70	$104,540	0.96
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	Not available	$31,200
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$118,290	1.26
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	600	$30,490	0.76
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	90	$50,670	1.96
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	30	$44,680	1.72
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	610	$66,060	4.21