Automotive Body and Related Repairers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,916
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$11,624
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,307
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
$60,540
Kept after tax
$48,916
Worth in national money
$53,307
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,540, which ranks 8 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 10.29% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 207 among 488 occupations Missouri publishes pay for.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,540 the take-home is $48,916; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,307 would nationally. The average comes to $61,550, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri ranks 8 of 51 states publishing a median for automotive body and related repairers, at $60,540 — about 10.29% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 207 of 488 in Missouri places automotive body and related repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for automotive body and related repairers in Missouri, on $60,540, is $48,916 — equivalent to $53,307 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $61,550 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,630 |
| This salary | $60,540 |
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 | $48,916 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,824 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,006 |
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 | $58,165 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,217 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of automotive body and related repairers in Missouri earn under $60,540 and half over. The published range runs $36,240 at the tenth percentile to $81,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Missouri's $48,916, worked from $60,540. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 207 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,307 uses one figure for the whole of Missouri. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 207.
- Figures are distribution medians for automotive body and related repairers in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,240 to $81,630; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Missouri take-home of $48,916, on $60,540 for work ranking 207 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 207 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,307, worked from $60,540, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Missouri address, on work sitting at 207 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,240 and the top tenth $81,630 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Missouri is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $53,307 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Missouri's own levy, $48,916 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,240) and the ninetieth ($81,630) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $53,307 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 $48,916 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.