BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Columbia, MO was 89.4, or 10.6% below the national price level. Its housing index was 69.2.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Electrical Engineers median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 17-2071 and BLS area 17860.
Questions, answered
Electrical Engineers pay in Columbia, MO: common questions
What is the median wage for Electrical Engineers in Columbia, MO?
BLS did not publish a median for Electrical Engineers in Columbia, MO in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Electrical Engineers pay higher in Columbia, MO than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Columbia, MO with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Columbia, MO?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Electrical Engineers jobs does BLS estimate in Columbia, MO?
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What the Electrical Engineers median says in Columbia, MO
BLS did not publish an exact median for Electrical Engineers in Columbia, MO in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 17-2071 and BLS area 17860.
BLS lists 30 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Columbia, MO's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 17-2071 and area 17860. SOC 17-2071 names Electrical Engineers. Area 17860 names Columbia, MO. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 17-2071/17860 row reports 30 wage and salary jobs, 0.28 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.22 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 17-2071/17860, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
17-2071/17860 10th percentile: Not published.
17-2071/17860 25th percentile: Not published.
17-2071/17860 median: Not published.
17-2071/17860 75th percentile: Not published.
17-2071/17860 90th percentile: Not published.
17-2071/17860 employment RSE: 14.3%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
17-2071/17860 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 17860 facts behind this Electrical Engineers page
Area 17860 reports 107,680 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $61,380. Its annual median is $47,260. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 17-2071 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Columbia, MO runs from $29,260 at the 10th percentile to $102,160 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $35,710. The median is $47,260. The 75th percentile is $71,580. This is a place check, not a pay range for Electrical Engineers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 17860. They do not show related skills or a path into Electrical Engineers.
1. Area 17860, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 3,680 jobs, $84,330 annual median, 34.22 jobs per 1,000, and 1.57 location quotient.
2. Area 17860, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 3,440 jobs, $75,410 annual median, 31.96 jobs per 1,000, and 1.42 location quotient.
3. Area 17860, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 3,000 jobs, $36,860 annual median, 27.88 jobs per 1,000, and 1.01 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Columbia, MO wage ladder for Electrical Engineers
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Columbia, MO has a annual median of Not published. Missouri has $118,670 per year. The U.S. row has $120,630 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Columbia, MO cannot be compared with Missouri on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. Columbia, MO cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Columbia, MO has no exact published median that can enter this Electrical Engineers pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other metro areas may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Columbia, MO without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 17-2071. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Electrical Engineers medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 17-2071, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $187,060 per year. Columbia, MO sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Electrical Engineers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Electrical Engineers median of $187,060 per year, or not available. BLS lists 4,160 jobs there, compared with 30 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 2.87.
2. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA has a Electrical Engineers median of $167,010 per year, or not available. BLS lists 50 jobs there, compared with 30 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 0.41.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Electrical Engineers jobs
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has the largest published metro job estimate for Electrical Engineers in this same-source set, at 8,970 jobs. Columbia, MO has 30. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 8,970 estimated Electrical Engineers jobs, a gap of 8,940 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $139,780 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.12.
2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 6,290 estimated Electrical Engineers jobs, a gap of 6,260 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $128,340 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.52.
Local-share leaders
Where Electrical Engineers takes the largest share of local jobs
Huntsville, AL has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 6.42. Columbia, MO has 0.22. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Electrical Engineers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Huntsville, AL has a location quotient of 6.42, a gap of 6.20 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 2,190 Electrical Engineers jobs and a median of $130,330 per year, or not available.
2. Kokomo, IN has a location quotient of 4.71, a gap of 4.49 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 210 Electrical Engineers jobs and a median of $106,550 per year, or not available.
3. Lexington Park, MD has a location quotient of 4.62, a gap of 4.40 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 420 Electrical Engineers jobs and a median of $128,900 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Electrical Engineers is in Columbia, MO
BLS lists 30 Electrical Engineers jobs in Columbia, MO. It also lists 0.28 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.22. A value of 1 means Electrical Engineers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Electrical Engineers beside other roles in Columbia, MO
The all-occupations median in Columbia, MO is $47,260 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Electrical Engineers median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Columbia, MO still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Electrical Engineers from another role's number.
Registered Nurses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Columbia, MO table, at 3,680 jobs. Electrical Engineers has 30 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 107,680. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Electrical Engineers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Registered Nurses has 3,680 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 3,650 from Electrical Engineers. Its median is $84,330 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.57.
2. General and Operations Managers has 3,440 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 3,410 from Electrical Engineers. Its median is $75,410 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.42.
3. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 3,000 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,970 from Electrical Engineers. Its median is $36,860 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.01.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Columbia, MO
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Columbia, MO role table, at $84,330 per year. Electrical Engineers has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $47,260 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Registered Nurses has a median of $84,330 per year in Columbia, MO, or not available. BLS lists 3,680 jobs, compared with 30 for Electrical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.57.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $75,410 per year in Columbia, MO, or not available. BLS lists 3,440 jobs, compared with 30 for Electrical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.42.
3. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $73,070 per year in Columbia, MO, or not available. BLS lists 930 jobs, compared with 30 for Electrical Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.92.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Columbia, MO
Family Medicine Physicians has the highest location quotient in the bounded Columbia, MO role table, at 9.93. Electrical Engineers has 0.22. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Electrical Engineers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Family Medicine Physicians has a location quotient of 9.93 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 9.71 from Electrical Engineers. BLS lists 740 jobs and a median of $69,590 per year, or not available.
2. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 5.57 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 5.35 from Electrical Engineers. BLS lists 2,470 jobs and a median of $29,110 per year, or not available.
3. Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors has a location quotient of 2.86 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2.64 from Electrical Engineers. BLS lists 700 jobs and a median of $51,260 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Columbia, MO
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Electrical Engineers in Columbia, MO because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 89.4 for Columbia, MO. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 17-2071.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Electrical Engineers row is 14.3%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 30 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Electrical Engineers. It uses a Columbia, MO place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Job cards can change without changing this guide. They do not count toward the 1,500-word content floor. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Electrical Engineers row for Columbia, MO does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 30 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.22 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 89.4 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 17-2071 in BLS area 17860. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 30 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 17860, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 2,610 jobs, $31,390 annual median, 24.21 jobs per 1,000, and 0.97 location quotient.
5. Area 17860, SOC 35-2011, Cooks, Fast Food: 2,470 jobs, $29,110 annual median, 22.97 jobs per 1,000, and 5.57 location quotient.
6. Area 17860, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 2,340 jobs, $29,910 annual median, 21.7 jobs per 1,000, and 1.09 location quotient.
3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Electrical Engineers median of $166,030 per year, or not available. BLS lists 2,470 jobs there, compared with 30 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 0.81.
4. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Electrical Engineers median of $164,880 per year, or not available. BLS lists 100 jobs there, compared with 30 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 0.36.
5. Albuquerque, NM has a Electrical Engineers median of $163,720 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,280 jobs there, compared with 30 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 2.47.
6. Vallejo, CA has a Electrical Engineers median of $160,060 per year, or not available. BLS lists 150 jobs there, compared with 30 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 0.79.
7. Manchester-Nashua, NH has a Electrical Engineers median of $159,360 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,050 jobs there, compared with 30 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 4.1.
8. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX has a Electrical Engineers median of $145,360 per year, or not available. BLS lists 4,070 jobs there, compared with 30 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 2.46.
3. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has 6,060 estimated Electrical Engineers jobs, a gap of 6,030 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $114,390 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.49.
4. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 5,770 estimated Electrical Engineers jobs, a gap of 5,740 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $131,070 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.37.
5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 5,720 estimated Electrical Engineers jobs, a gap of 5,690 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $124,390 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
6. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has 4,930 estimated Electrical Engineers jobs, a gap of 4,900 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $140,210 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.85.
7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 4,450 estimated Electrical Engineers jobs, a gap of 4,420 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $126,420 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 4,290 estimated Electrical Engineers jobs, a gap of 4,260 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $113,520 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.74.
4. Manchester-Nashua, NH has a location quotient of 4.1, a gap of 3.88 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 1,050 Electrical Engineers jobs and a median of $159,360 per year, or not available.
5. Burlington-South Burlington, VT has a location quotient of 3.82, a gap of 3.60 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 590 Electrical Engineers jobs and a median of $112,200 per year, or not available.
6. Tucson, AZ has a location quotient of 3.4, a gap of 3.18 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 1,690 Electrical Engineers jobs and a median of $117,470 per year, or not available.
7. Jackson, MI has a location quotient of 3.22, a gap of 3.00 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 230 Electrical Engineers jobs and a median of $109,240 per year, or not available.
8. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL has a location quotient of 3.05, a gap of 2.83 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 960 Electrical Engineers jobs and a median of $122,020 per year, or not available.
4. Retail Salespersons has 2,610 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,580 from Electrical Engineers. Its median is $31,390 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.97.
5. Cooks, Fast Food has 2,470 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,440 from Electrical Engineers. Its median is $29,110 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 5.57.
6. Cashiers has 2,340 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,310 from Electrical Engineers. Its median is $29,910 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.09.
7. Office Clerks, General has 2,330 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,300 from Electrical Engineers. Its median is $44,730 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.37.
8. Waiters and Waitresses has 2,120 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,090 from Electrical Engineers. Its median is $29,250 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.35.
4. Family Medicine Physicians has a median of $69,590 per year in Columbia, MO, or not available. BLS lists 740 jobs, compared with 30 for Electrical Engineers. Its location quotient is 9.93.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $61,670 per year in Columbia, MO, or not available. BLS lists 930 jobs, compared with 30 for Electrical Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.93.
6. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $61,670 per year in Columbia, MO, or not available. BLS lists 800 jobs, compared with 30 for Electrical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.77.
7. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $61,600 per year in Columbia, MO, or not available. BLS lists 990 jobs, compared with 30 for Electrical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.31.
8. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $58,720 per year in Columbia, MO, or not available. BLS lists 950 jobs, compared with 30 for Electrical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.29.
4. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 2.03 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 1.81 from Electrical Engineers. BLS lists 2,040 jobs and a median of $41,290 per year, or not available.
5. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 1.77 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 1.55 from Electrical Engineers. BLS lists 800 jobs and a median of $61,670 per year, or not available.
6. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.57 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 1.35 from Electrical Engineers. BLS lists 3,680 jobs and a median of $84,330 per year, or not available.
7. General and Operations Managers has a location quotient of 1.42 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 1.20 from Electrical Engineers. BLS lists 3,440 jobs and a median of $75,410 per year, or not available.
8. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.37 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 1.15 from Electrical Engineers. BLS lists 2,330 jobs and a median of $44,730 per year, or not available.
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