How much do maintenance and repair workers, general make in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL?

What the Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median says in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL at $48,830 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 49-9071 and BLS area 16020.

BLS lists 490 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $53,020 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL's Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is 1.5% below the U.S. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $49,590 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 49-9071 with area 16020

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 49-9071 and area 16020. SOC 49-9071 names Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Area 16020 names Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 49-9071/16020 row has 490 wage and salary jobs. There are 11.03 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.12. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 49-9071/16020, the annual median is $48,830 per year, while the matching mean is $53,020 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 49-9071/16020 10th percentile: $33,570 per year.
• 49-9071/16020 25th percentile: $38,830 per year.
• 49-9071/16020 median: $48,830 per year.
• 49-9071/16020 75th percentile: $63,090 per year.
• 49-9071/16020 90th percentile: $76,440 per year.
• 49-9071/16020 employment RSE: 4.1%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.1%.
• 49-9071/16020 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 16020 facts behind this Maintenance and Repair Workers, General page

Area 16020 reports 44,680 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $56,640. Its annual median is $44,470. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 49-9071 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL runs from $28,680 at the 10th percentile to $93,690 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $33,800. The median is $44,470. The 75th percentile is $63,980. This is a place check, not a pay range for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.

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 16020. They do not show related skills or a path into Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.

• 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 16020. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 1,540. Yearly median: $33,940. Jobs per 1,000: 34.43. Location quotient: 1.24.
• 2. Registered Nurses. Area: 16020. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 1,470. Yearly median: $82,640. Jobs per 1,000: 32.96. Location quotient: 1.52.
• 3. Retail Salespersons. Area: 16020. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 1,460. Yearly median: $30,250. Jobs per 1,000: 32.67. Location quotient: 1.3.
• 4. General and Operations Managers. Area: 16020. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 1,450. Yearly median: $74,790. Jobs per 1,000: 32.5. Location quotient: 1.44.
• 5. Cashiers. Area: 16020. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 1,270. Yearly median: $29,350. Jobs per 1,000: 28.44. Location quotient: 1.43.
• 6. Cooks, Fast Food. Area: 16020. SOC: 35-2011. Jobs: 1,070. Yearly median: $28,820. Jobs per 1,000: 23.89. Location quotient: 5.79.

Read the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL wage ladder for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

The 10th percentile is $33,570 per year. The 25th percentile is $38,830 per year. The median is $48,830 per year. The 75th percentile is $63,090 per year. The 90th percentile is $76,440 per year.

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 $38,830 per year to $63,090 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $42,870. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Cape Girardeau, MO-IL with its state and the U.S.

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL has a annual median of $48,830 per year. Missouri has $48,370 per year. The U.S. row has $49,590 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is 1.0% above Missouri on the same published median. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is 1.5% below the United States on the same published median. 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 benchmarks, 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.

Where Cape Girardeau, MO-IL sits for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL ranks 177 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 177 of 393 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 174. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $48,860 per year. BLS estimates 39,740 jobs. The location quotient is 1.
• 175. Kansas City, MO-KS. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $48,860 per year. BLS estimates 10,360 jobs. The location quotient is 0.96.
• 176. Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $48,860 per year. BLS estimates 490 jobs. The location quotient is 0.96.
• 178. Grants Pass, OR. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $48,790 per year. BLS estimates 220 jobs. The location quotient is 0.72.
• 179. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $48,780 per year. BLS estimates 11,040 jobs. The location quotient is 1.02.
• 180. Youngstown-Warren, OH. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $48,770 per year. BLS estimates 2,000 jobs. The location quotient is 1.27.

Where Maintenance and Repair Workers, General medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 49-9071, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has the highest published median in this set, at $63,980 per year. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL sits at $48,830 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 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 limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $63,980 per year, or $15,150 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 1,350 jobs there, compared with 490 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. The location quotient is 1.86.
• 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $63,630 per year, or $14,800 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 18,550 jobs there, compared with 490 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. The location quotient is 0.79.
• 3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $63,220 per year, or $14,390 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 7,750 jobs there, compared with 490 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. The location quotient is 0.69.
• 4. Fairbanks-College, AK has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $62,520 per year, or $13,690 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 380 jobs there, compared with 490 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. The location quotient is 1.06.
• 5. Sheboygan, WI has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $62,410 per year, or $13,580 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 760 jobs there, compared with 490 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. The location quotient is 1.28.
• 6. Napa, CA has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $61,860 per year, or $13,030 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 830 jobs there, compared with 490 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. The location quotient is 1.09.
• 7. Vallejo, CA has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $61,400 per year, or $12,570 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 1,190 jobs there, compared with 490 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. The location quotient is 0.84.
• 8. Decatur, IL has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $61,380 per year, or $12,550 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 1,350 jobs there, compared with 490 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. The location quotient is 3.02.

Where BLS counts the most Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in this same-source set, at 108,700 jobs. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL has 490. 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. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 108,700 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 108,210 jobs from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its median is $59,550 per year, or $10,720 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its location quotient is 1.16.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 47,890 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 47,400 jobs from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its median is $56,520 per year, or $7,690 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its location quotient is 0.78.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 45,710 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 45,220 jobs from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its median is $58,020 per year, or $9,190 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its location quotient is 1.03.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 39,740 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 39,250 jobs from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its median is $48,860 per year, or $30 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its location quotient is 1.
• 5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 32,050 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 31,560 jobs from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its median is $46,710 per year, or $2,120 below Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its location quotient is 0.99.
• 6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 31,890 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 31,400 jobs from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its median is $46,290 per year, or $2,540 below Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its location quotient is 1.15.
• 7. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ has 26,350 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 25,860 jobs from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its median is $48,930 per year, or $100 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its location quotient is 1.13.
• 8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 25,190 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 24,700 jobs from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its median is $49,630 per year, or $800 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. Its location quotient is 0.89.

Where Maintenance and Repair Workers, General takes the largest share of local jobs

Decatur, IL has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.02. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL has 1.12. 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 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 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. Decatur, IL has a location quotient of 3.02, a gap of 1.90 from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 1,350 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $61,380 per year, or $12,550 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.
• 2. Guayama, PR has a location quotient of 2.54, a gap of 1.42 from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 310 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $23,220 per year, or $25,610 below Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.
• 3. Watertown-Fort Drum, NY has a location quotient of 1.97, a gap of 0.85 from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 760 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $49,100 per year, or $270 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.
• 4. Athens-Clarke County, GA has a location quotient of 1.94, a gap of 0.82 from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 1,830 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $39,150 per year, or $9,680 below Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.
• 5. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a location quotient of 1.86, a gap of 0.74 from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 1,350 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $63,980 per year, or $15,150 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.
• 6. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA has a location quotient of 1.77, a gap of 0.65 from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 1,140 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $51,640 per year, or $2,810 above Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.
• 7. Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL has a location quotient of 1.77, a gap of 0.65 from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 1,580 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $39,540 per year, or $9,290 below Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.
• 8. Ponce, PR has a location quotient of 1.72, a gap of 0.60 from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. BLS lists 1,080 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $22,330 per year, or $26,500 below Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.

How common Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

BLS lists 490 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. It also lists 11.03 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 1.12. A value of 1 means Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher 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.

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General beside other roles in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

The all-occupations median in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is $44,470 per year. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $48,830 per year. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is 9.8% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics, SOC 49-3023, has a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median of $48,690 per year. BLS lists 310 jobs and a location quotient of 1.51.
• 2. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median of $50,200 per year. BLS lists 730 jobs and a location quotient of 1.24.
• 3. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median of $47,100 per year. BLS lists 1,030 jobs and a location quotient of 2.58.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median of $46,570 per year. BLS lists 350 jobs and a location quotient of 1.08.
• 5. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median of $45,810 per year. BLS lists 310 jobs and a location quotient of 0.78.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median of $58,680 per year. BLS lists 320 jobs and a location quotient of 0.77.
• 7. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median of $38,830 per year. BLS lists 850 jobs and a location quotient of 1.19.
• 8. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL median of $38,190 per year. BLS lists 580 jobs and a location quotient of 0.78.

The largest detailed roles in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Cape Girardeau, MO-IL table, at 1,540 jobs. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has 490 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 44,680. 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 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 1,540 jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 1,050 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $33,940 per year, or $14,890 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 2. Registered Nurses has 1,470 jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 980 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $82,640 per year, or $33,810 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.52.
• 3. Retail Salespersons has 1,460 jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 970 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $30,250 per year, or $18,580 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 4. General and Operations Managers has 1,450 jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 960 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $74,790 per year, or $25,960 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.44.
• 5. Cashiers has 1,270 jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 780 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $29,350 per year, or $19,480 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.43.
• 6. Cooks, Fast Food has 1,070 jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 580 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $28,820 per year, or $20,010 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 5.79.
• 7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has 1,030 jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 540 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $47,100 per year, or $1,730 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 2.58.
• 8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 930 jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 440 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $35,040 per year, or $13,790 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.14.

Published role medians around Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Cape Girardeau, MO-IL role table, at $82,640 per year. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has $48,830 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $44,470 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 $82,640 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, or $33,810 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 1,470 jobs, compared with 490 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.52.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $74,790 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, or $25,960 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 1,450 jobs, compared with 490 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.44.
• 3. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $64,010 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, or $15,180 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 320 jobs, compared with 490 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 0.77.
• 4. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $60,100 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, or $11,270 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 410 jobs, compared with 490 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 2.21.
• 5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $59,830 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, or $11,000 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 310 jobs, compared with 490 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 0.88.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $58,680 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, or $9,850 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 320 jobs, compared with 490 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 0.77.
• 7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $50,200 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, or $1,370 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 730 jobs, compared with 490 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 8. Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics has a median of $48,690 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, or $140 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 310 jobs, compared with 490 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.51.

Roles with the largest local share in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Cape Girardeau, MO-IL role table, at 5.79. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has 1.12. 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 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 5.79 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 4.67 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 1,070 jobs and a median of $28,820 per year, or $20,010 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 2. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a location quotient of 2.58 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 1.46 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 1,030 jobs and a median of $47,100 per year, or $1,730 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 3. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 2.21 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 1.09 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 410 jobs and a median of $60,100 per year, or $11,270 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 4. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.63 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 0.51 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 680 jobs and a median of $36,650 per year, or $12,180 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 5. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.52 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 0.40 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 1,470 jobs and a median of $82,640 per year, or $33,810 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 6. Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics has a location quotient of 1.51 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 0.39 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 310 jobs and a median of $48,690 per year, or $140 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 7. Medical Assistants has a location quotient of 1.49 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 0.37 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 350 jobs and a median of $37,470 per year, or $11,360 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 8. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 1.48 in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, a gap of 0.36 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 600 jobs and a median of $29,070 per year, or $19,760 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.

What $48,830 may mean after the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is 86.1. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 13.9% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $48,830 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median by 86.1 divided by 100. The result is $56,728 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 56.4. Goods are 94.2. Utilities are 85.6. Other services are 93.1. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL row

The employment RSE for this Maintenance and Repair Workers, General row is 4.1%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.1%. 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 490 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $53,020 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.

Use Cape Girardeau, MO-IL wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. It uses a Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 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. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $48,830 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 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General row for Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 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 490 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.12 is not a growth score. Rank 177 of 393 is not a place score. The 86.1 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 49-9071 in BLS area 16020. 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.