North Missouri nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in North Missouri nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Missouri nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (2 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 320 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$354,610	$170.49	90
2	Physicians, All Other	$276,670	$133.01	130
3	Pharmacists	$135,200	$65.00	220
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$134,750	$64.78	30
5	Financial Managers	$126,000	$60.58	220
6	Nurse Practitioners	$123,530	$59.39	210
7	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$108,640	$52.23	150
8	Industrial Production Managers	$104,420	$50.20	140
9	Chief Executives	$104,240	$50.11	110
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$104,130	$50.06	90
11	Construction Managers	$100,590	$48.36	90
12	Human Resources Managers	$99,760	$47.96	50
13	Marketing Managers	$99,600	$47.89	50
14	Veterinarians	$99,020	$47.60	100
15	Software Developers	$97,860	$47.05	130
16	Occupational Therapists	$97,390	$46.82	60
17	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$97,270	$46.77	50
18	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$96,360	Not published	130
19	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$94,220	$45.30	40
20	Medical and Health Services Managers	$92,890	$44.66	390
21	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$91,820	$44.15	390
22	Industrial Engineers	$91,110	$43.80	150
23	Electrical Engineers	$89,440	$43.00	40
24	Information Security Analysts	$89,140	$42.86	30
25	Computer Systems Analysts	$86,920	$41.79	70

The full list of every published occupation here is on the North Missouri nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.