How much do Loan Officers make in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL?

Percentile spread

For Loan Officers, the published 10th percentile is $44,030 and the 90th percentile is $128,180. The difference is $84,150, which is 110.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $58,750 to the 75th at $104,320, covers $45,570.

The mean annual wage is $81,280, which sits above the median of $76,400. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median is 0.4% lower than the national median of $76,690 for Loan Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $88,757, which is 15.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.7% higher than the Missouri median of $73,660.

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is 86.078, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,400 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Loan Officers at $88,757 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Loan Officers. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL ranks 4th of 17 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Paducah, KY-IL is 60 miles away, with a median of $60,080 and employment of 90. That median is 21.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,792, against $88,757 here.
• St. Louis, MO-IL is 103 miles away, with a median of $74,510 and employment of 2,690. That median is 2.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,359, against $88,757 here.
• Jackson, TN is 119 miles away, with a median of $61,500 and employment of 150. That median is 19.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,911, against $88,757 here.

Employment share

Loan Officers accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (70 of 44,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.18% of employment (274,330 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.89 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.