High paying management jobs in Joplin, MO-KS

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Joplin, MO-KS. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management 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 Joplin, MO-KS run 14.3% below the national average (2024), so a Joplin, MO-KS salary is worth about 1.17× 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, Joplin, MO-KS · Employed

1Architectural and Engineering Managers$135,140
Bachelor's degree
$85,640 – $183,78060
2Chief Executives$134,670
Bachelor's degree
$42,840 – $321,64060
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$129,810
Bachelor's degree
$80,940 – $199,680120
4Financial Managers$127,550
Bachelor's degree
$64,910 – $214,410230
5Marketing Managers$121,580
Bachelor's degree
$66,490 – $209,21080
6Construction Managers$108,900
Bachelor's degree
$72,820 – $137,670170
7Industrial Production Managers$103,620
Bachelor's degree
$66,300 – $165,970180
8Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$102,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,570 – $158,860120
9Managers, All Other$101,980
Bachelor's degree
$51,370 – $186,570210
10Human Resources Managers$99,520
Bachelor's degree
$77,870 – $175,69070
11Facilities Managers$99,470
Bachelor's degree
$51,310 – $149,84040
12Medical and Health Services Managers$98,620
Bachelor's degree
$62,340 – $164,190230
13Sales Managers$98,020
Bachelor's degree
$58,980 – $211,550210
14Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$96,810
Master's degree
$73,070 – $125,640220
15Administrative Services Managers$83,130
Bachelor's degree
$52,800 – $142,95070
16Education Administrators, Postsecondary$78,180
Master's degree
$55,830 – $165,640100
17Social and Community Service Managers$62,930
Bachelor's degree
$42,110 – $92,24090
18Food Service Managers$62,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,720 – $80,38030
19Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$58,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,810 – $91,080100

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

#	Occupation	MedianJoplin, MO-KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$135,140	$85,640 – $183,780	60
2	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$134,670	$42,840 – $321,640	60
3	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$129,810	$80,940 – $199,680	120
4	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$127,550	$64,910 – $214,410	230
5	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$121,580	$66,490 – $209,210	80
6	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$108,900	$72,820 – $137,670	170
7	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$103,620	$66,300 – $165,970	180
8	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,460	$52,570 – $158,860	120
9	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$101,980	$51,370 – $186,570	210
10	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$99,520	$77,870 – $175,690	70
11	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$99,470	$51,310 – $149,840	40
12	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$98,620	$62,340 – $164,190	230
13	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$98,020	$58,980 – $211,550	210
14	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$96,810	$73,070 – $125,640	220
15	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$83,130	$52,800 – $142,950	70
16	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$78,180	$55,830 – $165,640	100
17	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$62,930	$42,110 – $92,240	90
18	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,040	$49,720 – $80,380	30
19	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,710	$38,810 – $91,080	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Joplin, MO-KS. 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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