First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in Missouri

A bright independent shop with household goods on wooden shelves.

May 2025 wages · tax year 2026

You keep

$61,920

after federal, FICA and Missouri tax

Tax takes

$17,520

22.1% of the whole

Worth, in national money

$67,479

Missouri costs less than average

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

$79,440

Kept after tax

$61,920

Worth in national money

$67,479

State rank

34

of 51 states

What this pays, and what it is worth

  • Middling, nationally. Missouri pays this job around $79,440 at the midpoint, 34 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
  • Within Missouri this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 105 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
  • Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $79,440 the take-home is $61,920; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,479 would nationally. The average comes to $95,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
  • For first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers the Missouri median is $79,440, ranking 34 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
  • Ranked against every occupation Missouri publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers sits 105 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
  • Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Missouri, on $79,440, is $61,920 — equivalent to $67,479 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 $95,660 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.

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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

The state median for this job

50thpercentile, roughly
Lowest tenth earn under$47,570
Half earn under$79,440
Top tenth earn over$160,460
This salary$79,440

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

Compare with
+$2,796take-home per year in Texas
Take-home in Missouri$61,920
Take-home in Texas$64,716
Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity−$881

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

Moving to
$0$80,657
$80,657in Texas, for the same life
To match take-home only$75,465
Raise you would need+$1,217
Prices in Texas97 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 first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Missouri earn under $79,440 and half over. The published range runs $47,570 at the tenth percentile to $160,460 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 $61,920, worked from $79,440. 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 105 of 488.
  • Two cautions on $67,479, the adjusted value of that $79,440 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 105 of 488 locally.
  • Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,570 to $160,460; 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 $61,920, on $79,440 for work ranking 105 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 105 of 488 in the state.
  • This $67,479 adjusted figure, worked from $79,440, 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 105 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 105 of 488 locally.

Questions people ask

Is this the average pay for the job?

It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $95,660, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.

Why is the pay range for this job so wide?

Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,570 and the top tenth $160,460 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.

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 $67,479 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 $61,920.

Can I compare this job across every state?

All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $95,660. 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 ($47,570) and the ninetieth ($160,460) 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 $67,479 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 $61,920 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.

Is this occupation's state coverage complete?

State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.