Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,299
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$19,811
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,251
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
$86,110
Kept after tax
$66,299
Worth in national money
$72,251
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $86,110, which ranks 4 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 30.89% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Missouri reports, this job comes in at 85 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $86,110 you keep $66,299, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $72,251 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $82,890, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Missouri ranks 4 of 49 states publishing a median for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other, at $86,110 — about 30.89% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other ranks 85 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.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other on $86,110 is $66,299. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $72,251 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 $82,890 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,460 |
| This salary | $86,110 |
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 | $66,299 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,408 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$824 |
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 | $81,689 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,139 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $86,110 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,380 and the ninetieth is $140,460 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $66,299 take-home in Missouri comes from $86,110. 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 85 of 488.
- Two cautions on $72,251, the adjusted value of that $86,110 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 85 of 488 locally.
- The Missouri median of $86,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,380 to $140,460. 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 $66,299, from $86,110, 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 85 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 49 for it.
- This $72,251 adjusted figure, worked from $86,110, 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 85 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 85 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 $82,890, 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 $37,380, the highest tenth $140,460, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $72,251 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 $66,299.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $82,890. 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 ($37,380) and the ninetieth ($140,460) 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 $72,251 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 $66,299 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.