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Cole County · Missouri · United States

What trades pay in Cole County

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

$931 Median weekly pay across these 27 trades. $2,003 — $334.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 49 businesses · 223 employees$2,003$104,138 a year+14.8%up
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 16 businesses · 168 employees$1,846$95,986 a year+6.7%up
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 36 businesses · 996 employees$1,845$95,920 a year-3.9%down
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 84 businesses · 1,292 employees$1,448$75,270 a year+4.2%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 23 businesses · 306 employees$1,353$70,369 a year-3.6%down
Long-distance truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484121 · 5 businesses · 31 employees$1,275$66,307 a year+15.4%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 40 businesses · 358 employees$1,243$64,621 a year+5.0%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 42 businesses · 314 employees$1,222$63,522 a year+2.7%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 7 businesses · 456 employees$1,205$62,682 a year-3.9%down
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 46 businesses · 161 employees$1,061$55,160 a year+8.2%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 36 businesses · 295 employees$1,037$53,925 a year+7.1%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 25 businesses · 116 employees$1,002$52,092 a year+7.4%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 26 businesses · 42 employees$989$51,450 a year-2.8%down
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 6 businesses · 45 employees$931$48,395 a year-2.0%down
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 8 businesses · 326 employees$907$47,148 a year+48.7%up
Other services to buildingsNAICS 561790 · 8 businesses · 37 employees$905$47,084 a year+11.5%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 6 businesses · 15 employees$858$44,631 a year-0.3%flat
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 13 businesses · 57 employees$847$44,030 a year-1.1%down
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 7 businesses · 519 employees$742$38,568 a year-1.6%down
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 16 businesses · 126 employees$654$33,987 a year+0.6%up
Nail salonsNAICS 812113 · 4 businesses · 10 employees$554$28,791 a year
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 22 businesses · 358 employees$536$27,862 a year+0.9%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 11 businesses · 750 employees$513$26,671 a year+3.4%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 71 businesses · 1,484 employees$447$23,235 a year+0.7%up
Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 8 businesses · 15 employees$366$19,057 a year-4.4%down
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 68 businesses · 1,427 employees$362$18,831 a year+4.3%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 20 businesses · 402 employees$334$17,342 a year+3.7%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

Businesses8,296
Employees126,184
Annual payroll$6 M
Net movement of people+98People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

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

Other counties in Missouri

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Cole County?
Across the 27 trades on this page, the middle one pays $931 a week. The highest pays $2,003 and the lowest $334.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Cole 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.