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Salaries & Cost of Living in St. Louis County, MO

Median pay, take-home pay and what is left after rent, food and energy for 31 occupations in St. Louis County, MO.

Jobs listed
31
St. Louis, MO-IL
Median of medians
$44,980
per year, before tax
1-bedroom rent
$1,104
HUD Fair Market Rent / month
Jobs covering basics
100%
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Pay and cost of living in St. Louis County, MO

St. Louis County, MO is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL labor market, and this page summarizes 31 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $44,980 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Software Developers at $129,030, and the lowest is Cooks, Fast Food at $30,860.

A one-bedroom apartment in St. Louis County, MO has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,104 a month and a two-bedroom $1,349. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $20,123 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $42,237 a year, and every one of the 31 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.

Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside St. Louis County, MO or against other counties.

All jobs in St. Louis County, MO, highest paying first

Showing 1–31 of 31.

Occupations in St. Louis County, MO ranked by median salary
#OccupationMedian salaryTake-homeLeft per month
1Software Developers$129,030$93,942$6,152
2Project Management Specialists$100,510$75,417$4,608
3General and Operations Managers$93,140$70,578$4,205
4Registered Nurses$83,180$64,040$3,660
5Accountants and Auditors$78,880$61,217$3,424
6First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,590$54,461$2,862
7Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$64,590$51,835$2,643
8Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,130$50,011$2,491
9Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,650$48,891$2,397
10Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,240$47,068$2,245
11Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$53,930$43,807$1,974
12Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,970$40,812$1,724
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,570$38,240$1,510
14Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,200$37,960$1,486
15Customer Service Representatives$45,800$37,657$1,461
16Office Clerks, General$44,980$37,037$1,410
17Security Guards$42,600$35,236$1,259
18Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$41,780$34,616$1,208
19Nursing Assistants$39,110$32,596$1,039
20Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$39,040$32,543$1,035
21First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$38,520$32,150$1,002
22Stockers and Order Fillers$37,840$31,635$959
23Cooks, Restaurant$37,690$31,522$950
24Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,620$30,712$882
25Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$36,410$30,554$869
26Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,490$29,101$748
27Retail Salespersons$33,820$28,594$706
28Cashiers$32,380$27,505$615
29Fast Food and Counter Workers$31,260$26,658$545
30Waiters and Waitresses$31,200$26,612$541
31Cooks, Fast Food$30,860$26,355$519