Computer Network Architects in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,472
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$25,658
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,427
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
$103,130
Kept after tax
$77,472
Worth in national money
$84,427
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is among the lower-paying states for computer network architects. The middle earner takes $103,130, ranking 47 of 51 states — about 23.07% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Missouri. It ranks 37 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $103,130 you keep $77,472 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $84,427 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $111,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- Missouri ranks 47 of 51 for computer network architects, with a median of $103,130 — about 23.07% 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.
- Within Missouri, computer network architects ranks 37 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.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $77,472 after the full tax stack, from $103,130. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $84,427 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $111,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Network Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,820 |
| This salary | $103,130 |
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 | $77,472 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,382 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$679 |
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 | $97,572 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$939 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Missouri earn less than $103,130. The published range is $62,080 up to $168,820, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Missouri the take-home figure of $77,472, from $103,130, 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 37 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $84,427, the adjusted value of that $103,130 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 37 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for computer network architects in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,080 to $168,820. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Missouri is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $77,472 from $103,130. 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 37 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $84,427 — the adjusted value of that $103,130 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 37 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $111,160, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $62,080, the highest tenth $168,820, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $84,427 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 $77,472 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.
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 $111,160. 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 ($62,080) and the ninetieth ($168,820) 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 $84,427 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 $77,472 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.