Financial Examiners in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,281
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$17,709
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,872
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
$79,990
Kept after tax
$62,281
Worth in national money
$67,872
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is among the lower-paying states for financial examiners. The middle earner takes $79,990, ranking 36 of 49 states — about 15.05% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Missouri. It ranks 104 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $79,990 you keep $62,281 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $67,872 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $90,270, since top earners drag the number up.
- Missouri ranks 36 of 49 for financial examiners, with a median of $79,990 — about 15.05% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Missouri, financial examiners ranks 104 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $62,281 after the full tax stack, from $79,990. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $67,872 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $90,270 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $148,400 |
| This salary | $79,990 |
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 | $62,281 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,103 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$876 |
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 | $75,978 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,211 |
| 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 financial examiners in Missouri earn under $79,990 and half over. The published range runs $48,140 at the tenth percentile to $148,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $62,281 take-home in Missouri comes from $79,990. 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 104 of 488.
- Two cautions on $67,872, the adjusted value of that $79,990 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Missouri. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 104 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial examiners in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,140 to $148,400; 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.
- Retained pay of $62,281, from $79,990, 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 104 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 49 for it.
- This $67,872 adjusted figure, worked from $79,990, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 104 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 104 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 $90,270, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $48,140, the highest tenth $148,400, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $67,872.
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 $62,281.
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.
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 $90,270. 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 ($48,140) and the ninetieth ($148,400) 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 $67,872 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 $62,281 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.