Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,142
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$4,938
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,669
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
$33,080
Kept after tax
$28,142
Worth in national money
$30,669
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Missouri pays home health and personal care aides a middle wage of $33,080, 36 of 51 states and about 7.6% 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, home health and personal care aides ranks 462. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $33,080 the take-home is $28,142; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $30,669 would nationally. The average comes to $34,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri's $33,080 median for home health and personal care aides places it 36 of 51 states, about 7.6% 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, home health and personal care aides ranks 462 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.
- Post-tax income for home health and personal care aides in Missouri, on $33,080, is $28,142 — equivalent to $30,669 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 $34,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Home Health and Personal Care Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,410 |
| This salary | $33,080 |
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 | $28,142 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,760 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,073 |
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 | $32,312 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,298 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Missouri earn less than $33,080. The published range is $28,600 up to $43,410, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Missouri the take-home figure of $28,142, from $33,080, 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 462 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,669, the adjusted value of that $33,080 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 462 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for home health and personal care aides in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,600 to $43,410. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Missouri is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $28,142 from $33,080. 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 462 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $30,669 — the adjusted value of that $33,080 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 462 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,600 and the top tenth $43,410, so most people doing this work in Missouri sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $30,669 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, $28,142 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,600 to $43,410) 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 $30,669 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 $28,142 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.