Job opportunities vary greatly by location. As the tables below clearly show, individual cities and towns offer employment opportunities which differ from those you'll find in other places. Some places feature jobs in technology, some in manufacturing, others in education, etc. Whether choosing a career path or seeking a new job, it pays to consider which careers are favored in the area in which you live or to which are willing to move.
Select the city you want or just browse down this page to see the analysis for each city:
NOTE: A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Columbia, Missouri Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Columbia and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | $49,250 | 110 | 34.3 | | Radio and television announcers | $29,730 | 100 | 7.4 | | Production workers, all other | $25,580 | 640 | 6 | | Photographic processing machine operators | $21,200 | 120 | 5.8 | | Motor vehicle operators, all other | $13,950 | 150 | 5.3 | | Vocational education teachers, secondary school | $44,170 | 100 | 3.6 | | Special education teachers, secondary school | $38,750 | 160 | 3.6 | | Mental health and substance abuse social workers | $34,130 | 180 | 3.6 | | Medical and public health social workers | $33,700 | 180 | 3.5 | | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | $24,480 | 210 | 3.4 | | (Click for the full list of Columbia careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Jefferson City, Missouri Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Jefferson City and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Statisticians | $39,520 | 140 | 19 | | Funeral attendants | $16,290 | 100 | 12.8 | | Legislators | $31,970 | 180 | 10.9 | | Electrical power-line installers and repairers | $53,280 | 290 | 10.2 | | Highway maintenance workers | $27,420 | 340 | 8.8 | | First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | $53,820 | 250 | 8.1 | | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | $38,860 | 260 | 7.9 | | Health educators | $37,480 | 160 | 7.4 | | Court, municipal, and license clerks | $23,100 | 230 | 7.1 | | Legal support workers, all other | $30,160 | 160 | 5.8 | | (Click for the full list of Jefferson City careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Joplin, Missouri Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Joplin and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $19,870 | 420 | 14.4 | | Food batchmakers | $18,610 | 280 | 8 | | Structural iron and steel workers | $28,650 | 140 | 5.2 | | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | $34,040 | 3,660 | 4.9 | | Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | $28,780 | 260 | 4.7 | | Family and general practitioners | $194,610 | 210 | 4.6 | | Opticians, dispensing | $22,770 | 140 | 4.5 | | Eligibility interviewers, government programs | $28,240 | 100 | 4.4 | | Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | $20,690 | 230 | 4.3 | | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | $31,840 | 330 | 3.8 | | (Click for the full list of Joplin careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Kansas City, Missouri Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Kansas City and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Bookbinders | $37,480 | 150 | 15.9 | | Boilermakers | $61,980 | 670 | 10.5 | | Gaming managers | $56,750 | 120 | 8.1 | | Mechanical door repairers | $35,420 | 140 | 8 | | Rail car repairers | $28,590 | 190 | 7.6 | | Air traffic controllers | $112,280 | 480 | 7.5 | | Correspondence clerks | $28,430 | 630 | 7.4 | | Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers | $32,110 | 220 | 6.8 | | Choreographers | $45,400 | 350 | 6.2 | | Stonemasons | $39,770 | 260 | 5.8 | | (Click for the full list of Kansas City careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Springfield, Missouri Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Springfield and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $32,650 | 300 | 10 | | Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | $18,710 | 240 | 9.7 | | Correspondence clerks | $25,360 | 100 | 6.8 | | Telemarketers | $20,190 | 3,020 | 6.3 | | Education teachers, postsecondary | $42,750 | 210 | 5.4 | | Special education teachers, secondary school | $36,920 | 410 | 3.3 | | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | $24,890 | 490 | 3.3 | | Service station attendants | $14,820 | 320 | 3.2 | | Eligibility interviewers, government programs | $27,100 | 180 | 3.1 | | Highway maintenance workers | $26,090 | 330 | 3 | | (Click for the full list of Springfield careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
St. Joseph, Missouri Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in St. Joseph and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | $43,970 | 110 | 6.1 | | Highway maintenance workers | $27,100 | 150 | 6 | | Machine feeders and offbearers | $30,150 | 140 | 4.4 | | Chemists | $62,210 | 100 | 4.4 | | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | $26,860 | 480 | 4.3 | | Team assemblers | $27,440 | 1,360 | 4.2 | | Industrial machinery mechanics | $36,140 | 210 | 3.4 | | Rehabilitation counselors | $28,940 | 100 | 3.4 | | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | $33,380 | 340 | 3.3 | | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | $24,140 | 220 | 3.1 | | (Click for the full list of St. Joseph careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
* A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Analysis (above) provided by CityTownInfo.com, based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Census.
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