Missouri · 2025 pay · 576 people
How much does a benefit program specialist make in Missouri?
$43,223typical pay for a benefit program specialist in 2025
$39,029 – $46,506what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 3.5% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Missouri Office of Administration · Matches the agency's latest release · oa.mo.gov ↗
Where benefit program specialists work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Benefit Program Specialist (this page)$43,223 (everyone)
- Benefit Program Senior Specialist$50,719 (everyone)
Highest-paid benefit program specialists, 2025
- 1Debra Sue GeiserBenefit Program Specialist · Department of Social Services$88,773
- 2Ursula Brigitte HannerBenefit Program Specialist · Department of Social Services$84,659
- 3Rhonda L SteenBenefit Program Specialist · Department of Social Services$81,906
- 4Rachel GreeneBenefit Program Specialist · Department of Social Services$78,734
- 5Mildred P JohnsonBenefit Program Specialist · Department of Social Services$78,405
Common questions
How much does a benefit program specialist make in Missouri?
The typical benefit program specialist was paid $43,223 in 2025; most earned between $39,029 and $46,506. This counts all 576 people paid, including part-year workers.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Benefit Program Specialist, at any level (for example "Benefit Program Specialist"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this