How much do Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents make in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL?

Percentile spread

For Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents, the published 10th percentile is $47,750 and the 90th percentile is $342,330. The difference is $294,580, which is 404.5% 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 $51,840 to the 75th at $110,450, covers $58,610.

The mean annual wage is $124,180, which sits above the median of $72,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median is 7.4% lower than the national median of $78,660 for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $84,598, which is 7.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.2% lower than the Missouri median of $78,500.

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 $72,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents at $84,598 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 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL ranks 5th 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 $54,800 and employment of 120. That median is 24.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,659, against $84,598 here.
• St. Louis, MO-IL is 103 miles away, with a median of $79,300 and employment of 5,230. That median is 8.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,396, against $84,598 here.
• Jackson, TN is 119 miles away, with a median of $47,830 and employment of 250. That median is 34.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,927, against $84,598 here.

Employment share

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (50 of 44,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.31% of employment (489,570 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.36 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.