County Average Wages

County	Average Hourly Wage	Average Annual Wage
*Statewide*	*$17.85*	*$37,126*
Adair	$12.02	$24,997
Andrew	$11.39	$23,684
Atchison	$10.63	$22,103
Audrain	$13.62	$28,338
Barry	$13.44	$27,964
Barton	$11.75	$24,442
Bates	$11.54	$24,004
Benton	$10.58	$22,014
Bollinger	$10.69	$22,245
Boone	$15.66	$32,563
Buchanan	$15.48	$32,195
Butler	$12.64	$26,294
Caldwell	$11.11	$23,113
Callaway	$14.72	$30,609
Camden	$12.24	$25,469
Cape Girardeau	$14.70	$30,566
Carroll	$11.28	$23,467
Carter	$9.53	$19,825
Cass	$13.63	$28,340
Cedar	$10.39	$21,606
Chariton	$10.98	$22,829
Christian	$12.10	$25,175
Clark	$9.76	$20,310
Clay	$18.72	$38,936
Clinton	$12.32	$25,620
Cole	$15.89	$33,046
Cooper	$12.70	$26,416
Crawford	$12.53	$26,069
Dade	$10.89	$22,647
Dallas	$10.19	$21,203
Daviess	$10.64	$22,135
DeKalb	$11.69	$24,311
Dent	$12.48	$25,960
Douglas	$11.78	$24,496
Dunklin	$11.65	$24,238
Franklin	$14.57	$30,308
Gasconade	$11.20	$23,291
Gentry	$10.64	$22,135
Greene	$15.43	$32,090
Grundy	$11.96	$24,884
Harrison	$9.83	$20,446
Henry	$13.18	$27,422
Hickory	$9.83	$20,462
Holt	$11.35	$23,603
Howard	$10.34	$21,504
Howell	$12.07	$25,106
Iron	$15.64	$32,536
Jackson	$20.68	$43,021
Jasper	$14.27	$29,688
Jefferson	$14.04	$29,210
Johnson	$13.44	$27,950
Knox	$9.80	$20,377
Laclede	$12.49	$25,981
Lafayette	$11.75	$24,440
Lawrence	$11.85	$24,640
Lewis	$11.33	$23,557
Lincoln	$14.22	$29,577
Linn	$12.20	$25,386
Livingston	$12.42	$25,842
McDonald	$11.89	$24,738
Macon	$11.76	$24,450
Madison	$10.97	$22,818
Maries	$11.25	$23,403
Marion	$13.71	$28,512
Mercer	$13.39	$27,846
Miller	$11.99	$24,936
Mississippi	$11.73	$24,405
Moniteau	$11.45	$23,820
Monroe	$10.57	$21,990
Montgomery	$11.63	$24,179
Morgan	$10.23	$21,273
New Madrid	$15.64	$32,522
Newton	$15.13	$31,463
Nodaway	$13.30	$27,659
Oregon	$10.08	$20,957
Osage	$12.26	$25,502
Ozark	$9.01	$18,736
Pemiscot	$12.02	$25,006
Perry	$13.21	$27,486
Pettis	$13.13	$27,301
Phelps	$13.92	$28,947
Pike	$12.64	$26,288
Platte	$16.89	$35,133
Polk	$11.89	$24,729
Pulaski	$13.87	$28,853
Putnam	$10.30	$21,426
Ralls	$14.18	$29,489
Randolph	$12.91	$26,855
Ray	$11.94	$24,830
Reynolds	$12.63	$26,275
Ripley	$9.64	$20,048
St. Charles	$17.38	$36,152
St. Clair	$10.79	$22,446
Ste. Genevieve	$14.81	$30,802
St. Francois	$11.95	$24,859
St. Louis	$21.77	$45,276
Saline	$12.60	$26,204
Schuyler	$9.39	$19,544
Scotland	$11.07	$23,025
Scott	$12.69	$26,386
Shannon	$9.55	$19,855
Shelby	$10.61	$22,078
Stoddard	$11.90	$24,747
Stone	$11.24	$23,378
Sullivan	$13.56	$28,197
Taney	$11.49	$23,907
Texas	$11.52	$23,968
Vernon	$12.87	$26,769
Warren	$13.54	$28,173
Washington	$11.44	$23,795
Wayne	$9.93	$20,650
Webster	$12.06	$25,093
Worth	$9.23	$19,181
Wright	$10.90	$22,672
St. Louis City	$22.73	$47,272

Source: MERIC, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, data for calendar year 2006.

Average Hourly Wage is calculated by dividing Total Wages by Average Employment by 2,080 hours (52 weeks x 40 hours) across all industries.

Average Annual Wage is calculated by dividing Total Wages by Average Employment across all industries.