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Average Stationary Engineers And Boiler Operators Salary in Missouri

Stationary Engineers And Boiler Operators in Missouri earn a median annual salary of $63,560, which is -15.5% compared to the national median. There are 400 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Missouri (state).

$63,560
Missouri median annual wage
$31/hour median
-15.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $75,190
400
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.68
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$47,180
25th
$54,040
Median
$63,560
75th
$78,600
90th
$85,960

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 Missouri, 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
90.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$69,987
Goods: 96.3%
Services: 79.4%
Rents: 69.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Illinois$112,230Compare1,670
Wyoming$110,380Compare120
Hawaii$100,200Compare90
New York$91,790Compare4,350
Connecticut$90,420Compare230
Washington$89,170Compare630

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 Missouri

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$221,5501.27
Dentists, All Other Specialists$217,4000.27
Family Medicine Physicians$216,9901.21
Pediatricians, General$215,0400.21
Physicians, Pathologists$213,4302.95
Physicists$180,4500.22
Chief Executives$158,9301.01
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$156,2101.13

Missouri has salary data for 751 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Stationary Engineers And Boiler Operators in Missouri

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Stationary Engineers And Boiler Operators are projected to change by +2.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 3,800 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.