First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,767
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$22,673
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,210
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
$94,440
Kept after tax
$71,767
Worth in national money
$78,210
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Missouri pays this job around $94,440 at the midpoint, 33 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Missouri reports, this job comes in at 75 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $94,440 you keep $71,767 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $78,210 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $91,070.
- For first-line supervisors of police and detectives the Missouri median is $94,440, ranking 33 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.
- First-line supervisors of police and detectives ranks 75 of 488 occupations by median in Missouri, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $71,767 after the full tax stack, from $94,440. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $78,210 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $91,070 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,000 |
| This salary | $94,440 |
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
| Take-home in Missouri | $71,767 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,269 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$753 |
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 | $89,463 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,041 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $94,440 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $59,610 and the ninetieth is $125,000 — 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 $71,767, worked from $94,440. 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 75 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,210, the adjusted value of that $94,440 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 75 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $94,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $59,610 to $125,000. 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 $71,767, on $94,440 for work ranking 75 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 75 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $78,210 — the adjusted value of that $94,440 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 75 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 $91,070, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $59,610 at the tenth percentile, $125,000 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Missouri is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $78,210 in national terms.
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 $71,767.
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 $91,070. 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 ($59,610 to $125,000) 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 $78,210 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 $71,767 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.