JEFFERSON CITY – St. Louis City had the highest average annual wage across all private industries in 2024 at $79,605, nearly $15,000 more than the state average of $64,754.
The average Perry and Ste. Genevieve County wages are shown below
County average wage figures are derived from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), a cooperative program between the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development.
Click on the link below to view county average wages for both privately-owned industries and for all industries combined.
https://meric.mo.gov/data/county-average-wages?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery