Dentists, General in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$143,884
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$61,076
29.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$156,802
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
$204,960
Kept after tax
$143,884
Worth in national money
$156,802
State rank
9
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is one of the better-paying states for dentists, general. The middle earner takes $204,960, which ranks 9 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 19.89% above the national middle.
- Within Missouri this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, dentists, general ranks 4 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $204,960 the take-home is $143,884; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $156,802 would nationally. The average comes to $241,580, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri ranks 9 of 47 states publishing a median for dentists, general, at $204,960 — about 19.89% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Missouri publishes a median for, dentists, general sits 4 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for dentists, general in Missouri, on $204,960, is $143,884 — equivalent to $156,802 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 $241,580 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dentists, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $95,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $204,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $427,970 |
| This salary | $204,960 |
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 | $143,884 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $152,580 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$214 |
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 | $193,236 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$283 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $204,960 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $95,610 and the ninetieth is $427,970 — 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 $143,884, worked from $204,960. 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 4 of 488.
- Two cautions on $156,802, the adjusted value of that $204,960 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Missouri. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 4 of 488 locally.
- The Missouri median of $204,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $95,610 to $427,970. 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 $143,884, on $204,960 for work ranking 4 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 4 of 488 in the state.
- This $156,802 adjusted figure, worked from $204,960, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 4 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 4 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 $241,580 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $95,610 and the top tenth $427,970 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $156,802.
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, $143,884 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $241,580. 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 ($95,610) and the ninetieth ($427,970) 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 $156,802 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 $143,884 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.