Do electricians make more in Joplin or St. Joseph?

St. Joseph pays more: the median is $67,720 in Joplin and $97,350 in St. Joseph, a 30% difference.

Electrician salary in Joplin, MO-KS

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Joplin, MO-KS area earn a median of $67,720 a year, or $32.56 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $96,890. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $65,410; Joplin is 4% above it.

Median yearly pay$67,720

Bottom 10% under$36,810Top 10% over$96,890

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.70/hr
Jobs in this area: 430
After cost of living: $79,000
Median hourly pay: $32.56/hr
vs U.S. median: +7%
vs Missouri median: +4%
Mean (average) pay: $69,290 a year · $33.31 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 27900, Joplin, MO-KS). Excludes self-employed electricians. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What electricians in Joplin, MO-KS earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$17.70	$36,810
25th percentile	$22.70	$47,220
Median (50th)	$32.56	$67,720
75th percentile	$45.47	$94,580
90th percentile	$46.58	$96,890

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Joplin, MO-KS compares

Joplin ranks 4th of 8 Missouri metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians hold about the same share of jobs in the Joplin area as nationally: 4.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Joplin or St. Joseph?: St. Joseph pays more: the median is $67,720 in Joplin and $97,350 in St. Joseph, a 30% difference.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2111 (Electricians), area code 27900 (Joplin, MO-KS). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed electricians and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (85.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures