Fence Erectors in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,866
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$7,424
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,086
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
$43,290
Kept after tax
$35,866
Worth in national money
$39,086
State rank
36
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for fence erectors is on the low side in Missouri. The middle earner gets $43,290. That is 36 of 45 states, and about 9.77% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 488 occupations Missouri publishes, fence erectors lands at 372. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,290 you keep $35,866, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,086 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $44,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For fence erectors, Missouri sits in the lower band at $43,290, ranking 36 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 9.77%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Missouri, this work ranks 372 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for fence erectors on $43,290 is $35,866. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,086 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $44,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Fence Erectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,070 |
| This salary | $43,290 |
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 | $35,866 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,964 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,048 |
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 | $41,924 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,267 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,290 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,090 and the ninetieth is $60,070 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,866 take-home in Missouri comes from $43,290. 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 372 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,086, the adjusted value of that $43,290 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 372 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $43,290 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,090 to $60,070. 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 $35,866, from $43,290, 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 372 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $39,086 — the adjusted value of that $43,290 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 372 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,090 and the top tenth $60,070, so most people doing this work in Missouri sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $39,086 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 $35,866.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,090 to $60,070) 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 $39,086 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 $35,866 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.