Pay distribution $38,900 10th $38,900 25th $47,400 75th $53,960 90th
Half of Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in the Jefferson City metro area earn more than $42,240 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,900 and $47,400.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $38,900 $38,900 $42,240 $47,400 $53,960 Hourly $18.70 $18.70 $20.31 $22.79 $25.94
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Jefferson City metro areathis metro area
$42,240 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $38,900 to $47,400
$42,850 median for Missouri; middle half earns $38,900 to $58,300
$54,210 median for United States; middle half earns $45,910 to $63,610
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −1% vs Missouri overall and −22% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $33,530 $54,987 $76,443 $97,900 Hattiesburg, MS — $33,530 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $34,420 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $36,280 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $36,280 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $36,280 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $36,280 Ocala, FL — $36,280 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $36,280 Port St. Lucie, FL — $36,280 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $36,280 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $36,550 Gainesville, FL — $37,090 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,090 Tallahassee, FL — $37,110 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $37,130 Valdosta, GA — $37,130 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,230 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $37,550 Sumter, SC — $38,070 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $38,250 Springfield, OH — $38,500 Florence, SC — $38,670 Spartanburg, SC — $38,670 Gainesville, GA — $38,690 Albany, GA — $38,900 Columbus, GA-AL — $38,900 Dalton, GA — $38,900 Joplin, MO-KS — $38,900 Springfield, MO — $38,900 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $39,140 Columbia, SC — $39,630 Rocky Mount, NC — $39,700 Jackson, MS — $39,850 Terre Haute, IN — $40,000 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $40,160 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $40,190 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $40,280 Rome, GA — $40,730 Warner Robins, GA — $40,790 Wichita, KS — $40,810 Charleston, WV — $41,290 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $41,350 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $41,690 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $41,690 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $41,690 Tucson, AZ — $41,690 Yuma, AZ — $41,690 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $41,900 Bloomington, IN — $42,120 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $42,230 Columbia, MO — $42,240 Jefferson City, MO — $42,240 Evansville, IN — $42,310 Monroe, LA — $42,710 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $42,720 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $42,760 Baton Rouge, LA — $42,860 Fort Wayne, IN — $42,890 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $42,910 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,200 Savannah, GA — $43,400 Kokomo, IN — $44,180 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,440 Elmira, NY — $44,700 Winston-Salem, NC — $44,830 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,150 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $45,220 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $45,270 Fayetteville, NC — $45,300 Knoxville, TN — $45,330 Amarillo, TX — $45,470 Abilene, TX — $45,520 College Station-Bryan, TX — $45,520 Longview, TX — $45,520 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $45,620 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $45,620 Eagle Pass, TX — $45,620 El Paso, TX — $45,620 Laredo, TX — $45,620 Lubbock, TX — $45,620 San Angelo, TX — $45,620 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,620 Tyler, TX — $45,620 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $45,660 Corpus Christi, TX — $45,730 Sherman-Denison, TX — $45,730 Grants Pass, OR — $45,750 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $45,800 Midland, TX — $45,840 Flagstaff, AZ — $45,880 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $45,940 St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,970 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,100 Clarksville, TN-KY — $46,160 Jackson, TN — $46,160 Morristown, TN — $46,160 Utica-Rome, NY — $46,320 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $46,350 Green Bay, WI — $46,360 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $46,570 Montgomery, AL — $46,660 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,860 Johnson City, TN — $47,030 Merced, CA — $47,230 Hammond, LA — $47,370 Roanoke, VA — $47,520 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,530 Redding, CA — $47,540 Greenville, NC — $47,720 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,760 Lynchburg, VA — $47,800 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $47,830 Texarkana, TX-AR — $47,830 Toledo, OH — $47,950 Grand Junction, CO — $47,980 Killeen-Temple, TX — $48,170 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $48,220 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $48,360 Alexandria, LA — $48,410 Topeka, KS — $48,460 Sandusky, OH — $48,480 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,630 Harrisonburg, VA — $48,730 Colorado Springs, CO — $48,740 Minot, ND — $48,830 Bangor, ME — $48,860 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $48,860 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $49,000 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,050 Goldsboro, NC — $49,310 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $49,330 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $49,410 Worcester, MA — $49,660 Burlington, NC — $49,670 Jacksonville, NC — $49,700 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $49,710 Winchester, VA-WV — $49,710 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $49,940 Jacksonville, FL — $49,940 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $49,940 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $49,940 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $50,130 Pittsfield, MA — $50,190 Huntsville, AL — $50,240 Tuscaloosa, AL — $50,240 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $50,500 Asheville, NC — $50,570 Canton-Massillon, OH — $50,570 Charlottesville, VA — $50,570 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $50,610 Portland-South Portland, ME — $50,860 Santa Fe, NM — $50,880 Reno, NV — $50,910 Syracuse, NY — $50,940 Mobile, AL — $51,010 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $51,150 Tulsa, OK — $51,160 Kenosha, WI — $51,230 Las Cruces, NM — $51,230 Akron, OH — $51,290 Wausau, WI — $51,290 Appleton, WI — $51,440 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $51,440 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,540 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $51,600 Lexington Park, MD — $51,600 Bismarck, ND — $51,810 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $51,850 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $51,880 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $52,020 Medford, OR — $52,050 Lima, OH — $52,110 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $52,150 Cleveland, OH — $52,170 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $52,190 Glens Falls, NY — $52,210 Rochester, NY — $52,330 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,370 Boise City, ID — $52,400 Waco, TX — $52,440 Wilmington, NC — $52,770 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $52,980 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $53,050 Richmond, VA — $53,090 Mansfield, OH — $53,270 Vineland, NJ — $53,320 Rapid City, SD — $53,740 Salisbury, MD — $53,920 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $53,930 Decatur, AL — $54,040 Gadsden, AL — $54,040 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $54,060 Dothan, AL — $55,040 Binghamton, NY — $55,160 Altoona, PA — $55,220 Chambersburg, PA — $55,220 Erie, PA — $55,220 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $55,360 Yuba City, CA — $55,370 Lincoln, NE — $55,440 Eau Claire, WI — $55,470 Springfield, MA — $55,610 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $55,660 Bend, OR — $55,660 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $55,660 Salem, OR — $55,660 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $55,690 Oklahoma City, OK — $55,700 Albuquerque, NM — $55,910 Urban Honolulu, HI — $56,240 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $56,410 Manhattan, KS — $56,620 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $56,870 El Centro, CA — $57,110 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $57,160 Ogden, UT — $57,160 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $57,470 Springfield, IL — $57,590 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $57,660 York-Hanover, PA — $57,720 Birmingham, AL — $57,740 Kansas City, MO-KS — $58,090 Farmington, NM — $58,280 Pittsburgh, PA — $58,530 Chico, CA — $58,720 Greeley, CO — $58,750 Fargo, ND-MN — $58,760 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $58,820 Missoula, MT — $58,870 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $59,010 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,070 Lancaster, PA — $59,070 Lebanon, PA — $59,070 Billings, MT — $59,180 St. Cloud, MN — $59,180 Fresno, CA — $59,300 Visalia, CA — $59,300 Columbus, OH — $59,420 Omaha, NE-IA — $59,450 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $59,520 Great Falls, MT — $59,960 Rockford, IL — $59,990 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $60,280 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $60,680 Boulder, CO — $60,950 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $60,960 Rochester, MN — $60,970 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $61,020 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $61,170 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $61,310 Cedar Rapids, IA — $61,330 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $61,510 Albany, OR — $61,670 Reading, PA — $61,710 Anchorage, AK — $61,840 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $61,890 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $62,300 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $62,390 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $62,400 Kingston, NY — $62,490 Longview-Kelso, WA — $62,530 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $62,610 Mankato, MN — $62,770 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $62,880 Ann Arbor, MI — $63,040 Williamsport, PA — $63,150 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $63,220 Duluth, MN-WI — $63,300 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $63,520 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,650 Ithaca, NY — $63,650 Fairbanks-College, AK — $63,860 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $64,060 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $64,560 Modesto, CA — $64,730 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $64,730 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $64,990 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $65,980 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $66,000 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $66,130 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $66,220 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $66,750 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $66,750 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $66,750 Saginaw, MI — $66,750 Niles, MI — $66,830 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $66,940 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $67,280 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $67,320 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $67,650 Bellingham, WA — $67,710 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $67,710 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $67,710 Yakima, WA — $67,710 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $69,530 Battle Creek, MI — $70,660 Bay City, MI — $70,660 Flint, MI — $70,660 Jackson, MI — $70,660 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $70,660 Traverse City, MI — $70,660 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $71,390 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $71,940 Barnstable Town, MA — $72,370 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $74,050 Vallejo, CA — $75,360 New Haven, CT — $75,370 Salinas, CA — $76,090 Madison, WI — $77,800 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $80,330 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $82,960 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $97,900 Jefferson City metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Jefferson City metro area has the 261st-highest published median for this occupation among the 312 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Missouri Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for eligibility interviewers, government programs, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Jefferson City metro areathis page
$42,240 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $38,900 to $47,400
$58,090 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $43,700 to $67,480
$45,970 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $38,900 to $64,290
$42,240 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $38,900 to $50,180
$40,280 median for St. Joseph metro area; middle half earns $38,900 to $45,180
$38,900 median for Joplin metro area; middle half earns $38,900 to $42,240
$38,900 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $38,900 to $42,850
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $40,980 Office Clerks, General $39,640 Customer Service Representatives $38,990 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $55,520 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $45,180 Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other $55,740 Highest-paying metro areas for eligibility interviewers, government programss · Highest-paying occupations in Jefferson City Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .