SOC 53-4041 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Subway and Streetcar Operators 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 Subway and Streetcar Operators in St. Louis, MO-IL is $63,030. The 10th percentile is $46,930 and the 90th percentile is $63,030. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$63,030

10th percentile
$46,930
25th percentile
$53,030
Median
$63,030
75th percentile
$63,030
90th percentile
$63,030
Mean
$58,660

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Subway and Streetcar Operators, the published 10th percentile is $46,930 and the 90th percentile is $63,030. The difference is $16,100, which is 25.5% 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 $53,030 to the 75th at $63,030, covers $10,000.

The mean annual wage is $58,660, which sits below the median of $63,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The St. Louis, MO-IL median is 27% lower than the national median of $86,380 for Subway and Streetcar Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,286, which is 23.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.9% higher than the Missouri median of $53,030.

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 $63,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Subway and Streetcar Operators at $66,286 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 Subway and Streetcar Operators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Subway and Streetcar Operators accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in St. Louis, MO-IL (40 of 1,341,320). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (10,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.45 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 · Subway and Streetcar Operators 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 Subway and Streetcar Operators make in St. Louis, MO-IL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Subway and Streetcar Operators in St. Louis, MO-IL is $63,030. The 10th percentile is $46,930 and the 90th percentile is $63,030. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Subway and Streetcar Operators?

The local median is 27% lower than the national median of $86,380.

What is Subway and Streetcar Operators 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 $63,030 is $66,286. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.