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Cape Girardeau County · Missouri · United States

What trades pay in Cape Girardeau County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Cape Girardeau County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$946 Median weekly pay across these 24 trades. $1,391 — $320.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 44 businesses · 598 employees$1,391$72,344 a year+1.9%up
Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 4 businesses · 173 employees$1,385$72,038 a year+2.4%up
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 11 businesses · 87 employees$1,272$66,160 a year-0.9%down
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 19 businesses · 54 employees$1,243$64,611 a year+2.2%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 32 businesses · 383 employees$1,230$63,959 a year+1.7%up
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 4 businesses · 9 employees$1,229$63,886 a year+26.7%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 15 businesses · 406 employees$1,145$59,549 a year-1.7%down
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 14 businesses · 129 employees$1,054$54,808 a year+14.3%up
General automotive repairNAICS 811111 · 23 businesses · 134 employees$1,023$53,181 a year+1.9%up
Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 8 businesses · 196 employees$1,000$52,000 a year+3.0%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 25 businesses · 169 employees$980$50,963 a year+7.9%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 23 businesses · 111 employees$946$49,172 a year+11.2%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 28 businesses · 196 employees$932$48,466 a year+3.7%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 40 businesses · 127 employees$871$45,277 a year+3.6%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 16 businesses · 285 employees$813$42,252 a year-2.8%down
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 10 businesses · 342 employees$812$42,222 a year-6.3%down
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 8 businesses · 788 employees$769$39,977 a year+1.3%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 24 businesses · 108 employees$664$34,545 a year-1.0%down
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 14 businesses · 113 employees$614$31,952 a year-0.3%flat
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 72 businesses · 1,760 employees$456$23,726 a year+5.6%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 14 businesses · 153 employees$447$23,229 a year+1.6%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 20 businesses · 268 employees$431$22,403 a year-0.7%down
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 76 businesses · 1,798 employees$365$19,002 a year+0.6%up
Snack and coffee shopsNAICS 722515 · 19 businesses · 197 employees$320$16,657 a year+0.6%up

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses8,733
Employees136,848
Annual payroll$6 M
Net movement of people+177People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Cape Girardeau County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in Missouri

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

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What is the average weekly pay in Cape Girardeau County?
Across the 24 trades on this page, the middle one pays $946 a week. The highest pays $1,391 and the lowest $320.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Cape Girardeau County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.