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Average Paperhangers Salary in St. Louis, MO-IL

Paperhangers in St. Louis, MO-IL earn a median annual salary of $59,990, which is +15.1% compared to the national median. There are N/A workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for St. Louis, MO-IL (metro area).

$59,990
St. Louis, MO-IL median annual wage
$29/hour median
+15.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $52,140
N/A
Local employment
N/A
Location quotient
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$51,970
25th
$52,760
Median
$59,990
75th
$63,310
90th
$69,640

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in St. Louis, MO-IL, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
95.1%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$63,089
Goods: 100.0%
Services: 69.9%
Rents: 79.0%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $71,270 Compare 30
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $63,450 Compare 220
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $58,550 Compare N/A

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in St. Louis, MO-IL

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Radiologists $468,860 0.73
Psychiatrists $298,160 0.42
Emergency Medicine Physicians $276,550 0.43
Physicians, All Other $246,440 0.83
Nurse Anesthetists $232,300 1.44
Pediatricians, General $223,910 0.93
Dentists, General $210,430 1.17
Physicians, Pathologists $207,450 N/A

St. Louis, MO-IL has salary data for 661 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Radiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Paperhangers in St. Louis, MO-IL

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Paperhangers are projected to change by +5.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.