Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,991
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$30,639
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,801
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
$117,630
Kept after tax
$86,991
Worth in national money
$94,801
State rank
26
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Missouri is 26 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $117,630. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Missouri reports, this job comes in at 24 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $117,630 you keep $86,991 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $94,801 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $126,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- Missouri ranks 26 of 50 for electronics engineers, except computer at $117,630. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Electronics engineers, except computer ranks 24 of 488 occupations by median in Missouri, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $86,991 after the full tax stack, from $117,630. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $94,801 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $126,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $86,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $180,920 |
| This salary | $117,630 |
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 | $86,991 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,583 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$556 |
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 | $111,104 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$768 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electronics engineers, except computer in Missouri earn under $117,630 and half over. The published range runs $86,410 at the tenth percentile to $180,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Missouri's $86,991, worked from $117,630. 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 24 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $94,801 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 24.
- Figures are distribution medians for electronics engineers, except computer in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $86,410 to $180,920; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Missouri take-home of $86,991, on $117,630 for work ranking 24 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 24 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $94,801, worked from $117,630, 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 24 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 $126,790 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $86,410 at the bottom tenth to $180,920 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $94,801 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $86,991.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $126,790. 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 ($86,410) and the ninetieth ($180,920) 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 $94,801 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 $86,991 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.