Healthcare Support Workers, All Other in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,332
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$6,608
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,324
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
$39,940
Kept after tax
$33,332
Worth in national money
$36,324
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Missouri pays healthcare support workers, all other a middle wage of $39,940, 45 of 51 states and about 17.53% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Missouri this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, healthcare support workers, all other ranks 397. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,940 you keep $33,332 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,324 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $44,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- Missouri's $39,940 median for healthcare support workers, all other places it 45 of 51 states, about 17.53% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Missouri reports, healthcare support workers, all other ranks 397 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $33,332 after the full tax stack, from $39,940. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,324 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,240 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,710 |
| This salary | $39,940 |
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 | $33,332 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,272 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,056 |
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 | $38,770 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,277 |
| 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 healthcare support workers, all other in Missouri earn under $39,940 and half over. The published range runs $35,780 at the tenth percentile to $58,710 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Missouri the take-home figure of $33,332, from $39,940, 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 397 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 $36,324 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 397.
- Figures are distribution medians for healthcare support workers, all other in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,780 to $58,710; 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.
- Take-home for Missouri is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,332 from $39,940. 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 397 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,324, worked from $39,940, 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 397 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $44,240 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,780 at the bottom tenth to $58,710 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,324.
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, $33,332 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.
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 $44,240. 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 ($35,780 to $58,710) 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 $36,324 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 $33,332 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.