Chief Executives in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$121,885
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$50,435
29.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$132,827
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
$172,320
Kept after tax
$121,885
Worth in national money
$132,827
State rank
31
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Missouri pays chief executives a middle wage of $172,320, 31 of 46 states and about 19.47% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Missouri. It ranks 5 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $172,320 you keep $121,885, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $132,827 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $222,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Missouri's $172,320 median for chief executives places it 31 of 46 states, about 19.47% 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.
- Within Missouri, chief executives ranks 5 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for chief executives on $172,320 is $121,885. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $132,827 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 $222,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Chief Executives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $172,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $416,060 |
| This salary | $172,320 |
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 | $121,885 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $129,047 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$29 |
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 | $161,842 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$41 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $172,320 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $75,040 and the ninetieth is $416,060 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Missouri the take-home figure of $121,885, from $172,320, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 5 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $132,827 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 5.
- The Missouri median of $172,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $75,040 to $416,060. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Missouri is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $121,885 from $172,320. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 5 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $132,827, worked from $172,320, 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 5 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $222,200 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $75,040, the highest tenth $416,060, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Missouri sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $132,827 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $121,885 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Missouri is $222,200. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($75,040) and the ninetieth ($416,060) 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 $132,827 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 $121,885 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.