How much do Rock Splitters, Quarry make in Springfield, MO?

Percentile spread

For Rock Splitters, Quarry, the published 10th percentile is $30,570 and the 90th percentile is $60,520. The difference is $29,950, which is 54.5% 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 $40,020 to the 75th at $60,520, covers $20,500.

The mean annual wage is $52,840, which sits below the median of $54,930. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Springfield, MO median is 12.7% higher than the national median of $48,740 for Rock Splitters, Quarry. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,008, which is 27.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.9% lower than the Missouri median of $60,990.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Springfield, MO is 88.585, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $54,930 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Rock Splitters, Quarry at $62,008 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 Rock Splitters, Quarry. Springfield, MO 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).).

• St. Louis, MO-IL is 181 miles away, with a median of $60,990 and employment of 100. That median is 11% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,141, against $62,008 here.

Employment share

Rock Splitters, Quarry accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Springfield, MO (30 of 223,030). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,320 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.30 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.