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title: "Average Salary in Springfield, MO"
description: "Mean $56,420, median $45,780 in the Springfield metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/springfield-mo"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Springfield, MO

Springfield, MO metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $56,420, median $45,780 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 223,030 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $51,680.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $29,290 |
| 25th | $35,200 |
| 50th | $45,780 |
| 75th | $63,130 |
| 90th | $93,930 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 88.6 |
| Housing (rents) | 65.6 |
| Goods | 94.2 |
| Utilities | 85.8 |
| Other services | 93.0 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $228,740
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $211,080
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $155,940
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $154,000
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $151,490
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $141,210
- [Physician Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physician-assistant): $136,320
- [Optometrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/optometrist): $136,200
- [Marketing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/marketing-manager): $135,390
- [Pharmacist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacist): $134,040

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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