How much do Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians make in St. Louis, MO-IL?

Percentile spread

For Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $33,430 and the 90th percentile is $49,450. The difference is $16,020, which is 41.4% 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 $35,400 to the 75th at $42,920, covers $7,520.

The mean annual wage is $40,330, which sits above the median of $38,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The St. Louis, MO-IL median is 1.8% lower than the national median of $39,460 for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,741, which is 3.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Missouri median of $38,740.

St. Louis, 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 St. Louis, MO-IL is 95.088, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians at $40,741 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians. St. Louis, MO-IL ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Peoria, IL is 148 miles away, with a median of $45,620 and employment of 90. That median is 17.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,005, against $40,741 here.

Employment share

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in St. Louis, MO-IL (340 of 1,341,320). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (18,660 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.11 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.