Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,745
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$16,905
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,198
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
$77,650
Kept after tax
$60,745
Worth in national money
$66,198
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $77,650, ranking 23 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Missouri. It ranks 112 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $77,650 the take-home is $60,745; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $66,198 would nationally. The average lands at $73,650, below the middle of the range.
- Missouri occupies the middle band for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door: a median of $77,650, ranking 23 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Missouri, control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door ranks 112 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.
- Post-tax income for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door in Missouri, on $77,650, is $60,745 — equivalent to $66,198 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 $73,650 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,010 |
| This salary | $77,650 |
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 | $60,745 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,457 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$896 |
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 | $73,795 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,238 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,650 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,870 and the ninetieth is $101,010 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Missouri's $60,745, worked from $77,650. 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 112 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $66,198, the adjusted value of that $77,650 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 112 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $77,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,870 to $101,010. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Missouri take-home of $60,745, on $77,650 for work ranking 112 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 112 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $66,198 — the adjusted value of that $77,650 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 112 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $73,650, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,870 at the bottom tenth to $101,010 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $66,198.
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 $60,745 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.
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 $73,650. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,870 to $101,010) 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 $66,198 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 $60,745 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.