Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,056
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$10,704
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,191
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
$56,760
Kept after tax
$46,056
Worth in national money
$50,191
State rank
32
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $56,760, ranking 32 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Missouri reports figures for, this is number 251.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $56,760 the take-home is $46,056; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,191 would nationally. The average lands at $55,740, below the middle of the range.
- Missouri occupies the middle band for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining: a median of $56,760, ranking 32 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Missouri's occupational distribution, excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining sits at 251 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Missouri, on $56,760, is $46,056 — equivalent to $50,191 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 $55,740 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,720 |
| This salary | $56,760 |
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 | $46,056 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,787 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,015 |
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 | $54,606 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,228 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,760 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,370 and the ninetieth is $61,720 — 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 $46,056, worked from $56,760. 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 251 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,191, the adjusted value of that $56,760 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 251 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $56,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,370 to $61,720. 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 $46,056, on $56,760 for work ranking 251 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 251 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $50,191 — the adjusted value of that $56,760 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 251 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,370 at the bottom tenth to $61,720 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 $50,191.
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, $46,056 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,370 to $61,720) 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 $50,191 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 $46,056 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.