Driver/Sales Workers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,529
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$6,671
16.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,539
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
$40,200
Kept after tax
$33,529
Worth in national money
$36,539
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is one of the better-paying states for driver/sales workers. The middle earner takes $40,200, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.69% above the national middle.
- Within Missouri this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, driver/sales workers ranks 395. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $40,200 the take-home is $33,529; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $36,539 would nationally. The average comes to $41,260, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for driver/sales workers, at $40,200 — about 3.69% 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.
- Against every occupation Missouri reports, driver/sales workers ranks 395 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 driver/sales workers in Missouri, on $40,200, is $33,529 — equivalent to $36,539 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 $41,260 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Driver/Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,920 |
| This salary | $40,200 |
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 | $33,529 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,481 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,056 |
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 | $39,015 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,277 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,200 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,600 and the ninetieth is $57,920 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $33,529 take-home in Missouri comes from $40,200. 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 395 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,539, the adjusted value of that $40,200 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 395 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $40,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,600 to $57,920. 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 $33,529, from $40,200, 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 395 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $36,539 — the adjusted value of that $40,200 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 395 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $28,600 at the bottom tenth to $57,920 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $36,539 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Missouri then takes its own share, leaving $33,529.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($28,600) and the ninetieth ($57,920) 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 $36,539 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 $33,529 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.