First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,830
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$15,380
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,021
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
$73,210
Kept after tax
$57,830
Worth in national money
$63,021
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $73,210, ranking 30 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 132 among 488 occupations Missouri publishes pay for.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $73,210 the take-home is $57,830; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $63,021 would nationally. The average comes to $73,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers: a median of $73,210, ranking 30 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 132 of 488 in Missouri places first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in Missouri, on $73,210, is $57,830 — equivalent to $63,021 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 $73,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,020 |
| This salary | $73,210 |
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 | $57,830 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,333 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$934 |
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 | $69,651 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,290 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,210 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,230 and the ninetieth is $99,020 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Missouri the take-home figure of $57,830, from $73,210, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 132 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,021 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 132.
- The Missouri median of $73,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,230 to $99,020. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Missouri is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $57,830 from $73,210. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 132 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,021, worked from $73,210, 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 132 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,230 and the top tenth $99,020 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $63,021 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Missouri's own levy, $57,830 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,230) and the ninetieth ($99,020) 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 $63,021 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 $57,830 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.