Insights / Healthcare pay below the U.S. median / Missouri
5 healthcare jobs where pay in Missouri lags the U.S. median
Missouri pays Registered Nurses about $81.8K, 16% under the national median.
Flag Registered Nurses before the other lags in Missouri. The state median is about $81.8K, 16% under the national median.
Anything above 0.97 times the national median is left off the Missouri list. Registered Nurses is the case to brief.
Even the last Missouri row, Medical Assistants, stays short of the country: about $40.4K, 11% under the national median.
Each occupation
1Registered Nurses
- State median
- $81,780
- U.S. median
- $97,550
- State vs U.S.
- 0.84
2Healthcare Social Workers
- State median
- $59,870
- U.S. median
- $67,880
- State vs U.S.
- 0.88
3Pharmacy Technicians
- State median
- $40,100
- U.S. median
- $45,750
- State vs U.S.
- 0.88
4Nursing Assistants
- State median
- $37,680
- U.S. median
- $42,260
- State vs U.S.
- 0.89
5Medical Assistants
- State median
- $40,440
- U.S. median
- $45,690
- State vs U.S.
- 0.89
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurses | $81,780 | $97,550 | 0.84 |
| 2 | Healthcare Social Workers | $59,870 | $67,880 | 0.88 |
| 3 | Pharmacy Technicians | $40,100 | $45,750 | 0.88 |
| 4 | Nursing Assistants | $37,680 | $42,260 | 0.89 |
| 5 | Medical Assistants | $40,440 | $45,690 | 0.89 |
Takeaways
- The widest Missouri lag is Registered Nurses, 16% under the national median.
- Put about $81.8K on the Missouri offer and about $97.6K on the national comparison.
- Medical Assistants closes the Missouri lags at about $40.4K, 11% under the national median.
- The Missouri cutoff for this table is 0.97 times the national median.
For recruiters
- Do not copy a national midpoint onto Registered Nurses.
- Use the local median even when it looks low.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Missouri OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Missouri is 21 of 31. A row links to the Missouri metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $81,780 is stated as about $81.8K. $97,550 is stated as about $97.6K. a comparison of 0.84 is stated as 16 percent. $40,440 is stated as about $40.4K. $45,690 is stated as about $45.7K. a comparison of 0.89 is stated as 11 percent.
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