Soil and Plant Scientist salary in St. Louis, MO

Based on 31 certified H-1B filings in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Chesterfield, Saint Louis.

Also listed as: Agronomist

Median salary$80,593
Middle 50%$62k–$114.6k
vs. national median+18%comparison median $68,474
Filings31FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $56,181 and $160,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$59,000
25th$61,964
50th (median)$80,593
75th$114,576
90th$131,238

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $80k $110k FY2020: median $70,326 (20 filings) FY2021: median $57,494 (21 filings) FY2022: median $65,000 (11 filings) FY2023: median $80,000 (24 filings) FY2024: median $70,735 (17 filings) FY2025: median $72,105 (17 filings) FY2026: median $101,035 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 20 filings FY20 FY2021: 21 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 24 filings FY23 FY2024: 17 filings FY24 FY2025: 17 filings FY25 FY2026: 14 filings FY26 24
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$70,326$50,783$100,27920
FY2021$57,494$51,000$108,00021
FY2022$65,000$54,458$72,50011
FY2023$80,000$54,990$105,25024
FY2024$70,735$63,727$122,77217
FY2025$72,105$59,280$90,84617
FY2026$101,035$69,440$121,54514

Cost of living

St. Louis's median Soil and Plant Scientist salary of $80,593 is worth about $84,800 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Soil and Plant Scientists in the St. Louis, MO area earned a median of $76,790 in May 2025 (110 employed). The H-1B median here is $80,593, 5% higher.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$61,96416
Bayer Research and Development Services$117,15214

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $62,482 16
Senior · Level III too few 6
Expert · Level IV too few 7

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$56,181$62,48216

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.