Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,948
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$9,382
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,714
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
$51,330
Kept after tax
$41,948
Worth in national money
$45,714
State rank
28
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Missouri is 28 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $51,330. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Missouri, this sits in the middle: 275 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $51,330 the take-home is $41,948; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,714 would nationally. The average comes to $55,030, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri ranks 28 of 47 for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians at $51,330. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians ranks 275 of 488 occupations in Missouri by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Missouri, on $51,330, is $41,948 — equivalent to $45,714 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 $55,030 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,850 |
| This salary | $51,330 |
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 | $41,948 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,424 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,028 |
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 | $49,494 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,244 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Missouri earn less than $51,330. The published range is $37,470 up to $73,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Missouri's $41,948, worked from $51,330. 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 275 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,714 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 275.
- Reported values are medians; for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,470 to $73,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Missouri take-home of $41,948, on $51,330 for work ranking 275 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 275 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,714, worked from $51,330, 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 275 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $55,030, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,470 at the tenth percentile, $73,850 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,714 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 $41,948.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $55,030. 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 ($37,470 to $73,850) 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 $45,714 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 $41,948 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.