SOC 29-2091 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Orthotists and Prosthetists make in St. Louis, MO-IL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Orthotists and Prosthetists in St. Louis, MO-IL is $83,090. The 10th percentile is $45,400 and the 90th percentile is $93,280. Employment is 110.

Median annual wage

$83,090

10th percentile
$45,400
25th percentile
$57,590
Median
$83,090
75th percentile
$83,760
90th percentile
$93,280
Mean
$77,100

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Orthotists and Prosthetists, the published 10th percentile is $45,400 and the 90th percentile is $93,280. The difference is $47,880, which is 57.6% 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 $57,590 to the 75th at $83,760, covers $26,170.

The mean annual wage is $77,100, which sits below the median of $83,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The St. Louis, MO-IL median is 2.4% higher than the national median of $81,110 for Orthotists and Prosthetists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $87,382, which is 7.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.4% higher than the Missouri median of $78,100.

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 $83,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Orthotists and Prosthetists at $87,382 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Orthotists and Prosthetists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Orthotists and Prosthetists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in St. Louis, MO-IL (110 of 1,341,320). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,390 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.36 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.

Highest-paying jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL · Orthotists and Prosthetists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Orthotists and Prosthetists make in St. Louis, MO-IL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Orthotists and Prosthetists in St. Louis, MO-IL is $83,090. The 10th percentile is $45,400 and the 90th percentile is $93,280. Employment is 110.

How does that compare with the national median for Orthotists and Prosthetists?

The local median is 2.4% higher than the national median of $81,110.

What is Orthotists and Prosthetists pay in St. Louis, MO-IL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for St. Louis, MO-IL is 95.088, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $83,090 is $87,382. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.