High paying creative and media jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL

Every creative and media occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in St. Louis, MO-IL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single creative and media job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in St. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.05× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, St. Louis, MO-IL · Employed

1Art Directors$101,480
Bachelor's degree
$65,730 – $169,040420
2Producers and Directors$82,750
Bachelor's degree
$46,080 – $124,130670
3Public Relations Specialists$65,170
Bachelor's degree
$43,640 – $107,9901,990
4Interior Designers$61,570
Bachelor's degree
$47,040 – $101,860470
5Graphic Designers$61,000
Bachelor's degree
$39,930 – $88,7402,010
6Audio and Video Technicians$52,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,080 – $82,090680
7Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$48,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $56,3101,420
8Photographers$39,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $76,750420
9Coaches and Scouts$37,970
Bachelor's degree
$28,960 – $76,6402,360
10Floral Designers$35,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,050 – $46,440460
11Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials$34,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,690 – $54,500520

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Art DirectorsBachelor's degree	$101,480	$65,730 – $169,040	420
2	Producers and DirectorsBachelor's degree	$82,750	$46,080 – $124,130	670
3	Public Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$65,170	$43,640 – $107,990	1,990
4	Interior DesignersBachelor's degree	$61,570	$47,040 – $101,860	470
5	Graphic DesignersBachelor's degree	$61,000	$39,930 – $88,740	2,010
6	Audio and Video TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,030	$40,080 – $82,090	680
7	Merchandise Displayers and Window TrimmersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,020	$35,570 – $56,310	1,420
8	PhotographersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,170	$31,200 – $76,750	420
9	Coaches and ScoutsBachelor's degree	$37,970	$28,960 – $76,640	2,360
10	Floral DesignersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,430	$31,050 – $46,440	460
11	Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports OfficialsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,360	$29,690 – $54,500	520

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Louis, MO-IL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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