SOC 51-9199 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Production Workers, All Other make in Jefferson City, MO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Production Workers, All Other in Jefferson City, MO is $38,530. The 10th percentile is $32,320 and the 90th percentile is $55,650. Employment is 120.

Median annual wage

$38,530

10th percentile
$32,320
25th percentile
$34,780
Median
$38,530
75th percentile
$44,700
90th percentile
$55,650
Mean
$42,110

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Production Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $32,320 and the 90th percentile is $55,650. The difference is $23,330, which is 60.6% 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 $34,780 to the 75th at $44,700, covers $9,920.

The mean annual wage is $42,110, which sits above the median of $38,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Jefferson City, MO median is 3.9% lower than the national median of $40,110 for Production Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,797, which is 9.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% higher than the Missouri median of $38,470.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jefferson City, MO is 87.975, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Production Workers, All Other at $43,797 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Production Workers, All Other. Jefferson City, MO ranks 6th of 8 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).).

  • Columbia, MO is 36 miles away, with a median of $53,510 and employment of 300. That median is 38.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,829, against $43,797 here.
  • St. Louis, MO-IL is 94 miles away, with a median of $40,900 and employment of 3,530. That median is 6.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,013, against $43,797 here.
  • Springfield, MO is 106 miles away, with a median of $37,080 and employment of 760. That median is 3.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,858, against $43,797 here.

Employment share

Production Workers, All Other accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Jefferson City, MO (120 of 80,220). Nationally the occupation is 0.16% of employment (251,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.92 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 Jefferson City, MO · Production Workers, All Other 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 Production Workers, All Other make in Jefferson City, MO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Production Workers, All Other in Jefferson City, MO is $38,530. The 10th percentile is $32,320 and the 90th percentile is $55,650. Employment is 120.

How does that compare with the national median for Production Workers, All Other?

The local median is 3.9% lower than the national median of $40,110.

What is Production Workers, All Other pay in Jefferson City, MO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jefferson City, MO is 87.975, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $38,530 is $43,797. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Jefferson City, MO compare with nearby metros for Production Workers, All Other?

Columbia, MO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 36 miles away, at $53,510. Jefferson City, MO ranks 6th of 8 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.