Construction Laborers Salary in Missouri

Construction Laborers in Missouri earn a median $56,730 a year, +20% against the national median of $47,120; they and rank 11th of 51 states by median. Construction Laborers earn 19% more than the median across all occupations in Missouri ($47,800). Among neighbouring states, Illinois pays more (up to $60,690 in Illinois) and Iowa, Nebraska, Kentucky, Tennessee, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas pay less (down to $37,630 in Arkansas). Missouri employs 17,050 construction laborers, 5.81 per 1,000 jobs, the 25th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.82 is close to the national share.

Missouri vs the United States, May 2025

Construction Laborers: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Missouri and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Missouri	Hourly	$18.21	$21.93	$27.28	$37.30	$40.13	$29.26	17,050	5.81	0.82
Missouri	Annual	$37,870	$45,610	$56,730	$77,580	$83,470	$60,850	17,050	5.81	0.82
United States	Hourly	$16.87	$18.57	$22.66	$28.72	$37.54	$25.02	1,096,780	–	–
United States	Annual	$35,090	$38,620	$47,120	$59,740	$78,090	$52,030	1,096,780	–	–

Missouri annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

Rank by median: 11th of 51 states
Rank by employment: 25th of 51 states
Location quotient: 0.82
Jobs per 1,000: 5.81

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Missouri's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Missouri

8 metropolitan areas and 4 nonmetropolitan areas touching Missouri publish a row for construction laborers, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

Area	Median hourly	Median annual	10th pct (annual)	90th pct (annual)	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
St. Louis, MO-IL	$31.01	$64,500	$40,100	$96,280	8,670	6.46	0.92
Jefferson City, MO	$27.99	$58,220	$36,830	$99,420	580	7.23	1.03
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	$27.95	$58,140	$36,780	$77,090	220	4.90	0.69
Columbia, MO	$27.31	$56,810	$37,570	$84,540	470	4.41	0.63
St. Joseph, MO-KS	$24.88	$51,760	$37,220	$77,630	280	5.17	0.73
Kansas City, MO-KS	$24.28	$50,500	$36,270	$80,170	6,580	6.01	0.85
Joplin, MO-KS	$23.98	$49,880	$36,130	$73,050	510	5.83	0.83
Springfield, MO	$23.00	$47,830	$36,610	$76,850	1,020	4.58	0.65
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$23.48	$48,840	$35,090	$100,000	970	5.89	0.84
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$22.80	$47,410	$35,070	$74,470	520	6.57	0.93
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$22.69	$47,200	$36,140	$80,460	620	5.83	0.83
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$22.58	$46,970	$34,940	$73,880	860	5.53	0.78

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Missouri	$27.28	$56,730	17,050	0.82
Arkansas	$18.09	$37,630	10,650	1.16
Iowa	$23.31	$48,490	13,780	1.25
Illinois	$29.18	$60,690	35,940	0.84
Kansas	$21.56	$44,840	9,990	0.99
Kentucky	$21.98	$45,710	13,280	0.94
Nebraska	$22.72	$47,260	8,530	1.18
Oklahoma	$18.92	$39,360	13,710	1.14
Tennessee	$21.64	$45,000	26,250	1.14

See the national page for Construction Laborers (every state ranked) and the Missouri wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Missouri estimates.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.