Entry-level Healthcare Practitioner salary in St. Louis, MO

Based on 64 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Fenton, Saint Louis, St. Charles.

Median salary$66,542
Middle 50%$64.6k–$69.7k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $66,542
Filings64FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $62,384 and $75,483.
PercentileSalary
10th$64,027
25th$64,604
50th (median)$66,542
75th$69,724
90th$71,816

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2023: median $60,048 (33 filings) FY2024: median $64,622 (20 filings) FY2025: median $64,604 (32 filings) FY2026: median $67,142 (32 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 6 filings FY21 FY2022: 6 filings FY22 FY2023: 33 filings FY23 FY2024: 20 filings FY24 FY2025: 32 filings FY25 FY2026: 32 filings FY26 33
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021–––6
FY2022–––6
FY2023$60,048$55,537$64,92233
FY2024$64,622$62,609$68,66920
FY2025$64,604$64,027$69,43832
FY2026$67,142$64,712$70,45432

Cost of living

St. Louis's median entry-level Healthcare Practitioner salary of $66,542 is worth about $70,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; St. Louis = 95.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in the St. Louis, MO area earned a median of $86,110 in May 2025 (290 employed). The H-1B median here is $66,542, 23% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
SSM Health Care Group$66,69749
SSM Health Care St. Louis$64,71215

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $66,542 64
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$40,893$66,54264

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.