Architectural and Engineering Managers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$112,643
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$45,157
28.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$122,756
Missouri costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Missouri — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$157,800
Kept after tax
$112,643
Worth in national money
$122,756
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $157,800, ranking 37 of 51 states — about 7.86% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Missouri reports, this job comes in at 8 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $157,800 you keep $112,643, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $122,756 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $161,140, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Missouri ranks 37 of 51 for architectural and engineering managers, with a median of $157,800 — about 7.86% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Architectural and engineering managers ranks 8 of 488 occupations by median in Missouri, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for architectural and engineering managers on $157,800 is $112,643. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $122,756 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $161,140 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Architectural and Engineering Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $105,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $157,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $213,050 |
| This salary | $157,800 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Missouri | $112,643 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $119,122 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$170 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $148,320 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$242 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $157,800 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $105,170 and the ninetieth is $213,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $112,643 take-home in Missouri comes from $157,800. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 8 of 488.
- Two cautions on $122,756, the adjusted value of that $157,800 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Missouri. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 8 of 488 locally.
- The Missouri median of $157,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $105,170 to $213,050. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $112,643, from $157,800, assumes a single Missouri filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 8 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 51 for it.
- This $122,756 adjusted figure, worked from $157,800, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 8 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 8 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $105,170 and the top tenth $213,050, so most people doing this work in Missouri sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $122,756.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Missouri adds its own income tax on top — which is why $112,643 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($105,170 to $213,050) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Missouri rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Missouri's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $122,756 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $112,643 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Missouri income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.