Bakers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,693
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$5,437
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,359
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
$35,130
Kept after tax
$29,693
Worth in national money
$32,359
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Missouri pays bakers a middle wage of $35,130, 35 of 51 states and about 5.46% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Missouri this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, bakers ranks 444. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $35,130 the take-home is $29,693; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $32,359 would nationally. The average comes to $35,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri's $35,130 median for bakers places it 35 of 51 states, about 5.46% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Missouri reports, bakers ranks 444 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for bakers in Missouri, on $35,130, is $29,693 — equivalent to $32,359 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 $35,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Bakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,470 |
| This salary | $35,130 |
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 | $29,693 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,407 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,068 |
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 | $34,242 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,292 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,130 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,060 and the ninetieth is $46,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $29,693 take-home in Missouri comes from $35,130. 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 444 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,359 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 444.
- The Missouri median of $35,130 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,060 to $46,470. 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 $29,693, from $35,130, 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 444 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,359, worked from $35,130, 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 444 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,060 at the bottom tenth to $46,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $32,359 in national terms.
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 $29,693 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,060 to $46,470) 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 $32,359 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 $29,693 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.