Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,587
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$10,553
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,680
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
$56,140
Kept after tax
$45,587
Worth in national money
$49,680
State rank
13
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Missouri pays this job a middle wage of $56,140, ranking 13 of 47 states and sitting about 6.85% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 255 among 488 occupations Missouri publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $56,140 you keep $45,587 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $49,680 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $55,950.
- Missouri's median for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers is $56,140, about 6.85% above the national figure and 13 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 255 of 488 in Missouri places jewelers and precious stone and metal 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.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $45,587 after the full tax stack, from $56,140. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,680 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $55,950 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,140 |
| This salary | $56,140 |
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 | $45,587 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,288 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,017 |
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 | $54,023 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,230 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,140 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,840 and the ninetieth is $63,140 — 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 $45,587, worked from $56,140. 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 255 of 488.
- Two cautions on $49,680, the adjusted value of that $56,140 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 255 of 488 locally.
- The Missouri median of $56,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,840 to $63,140. 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 $45,587, on $56,140 for work ranking 255 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 255 of 488 in the state.
- This $49,680 adjusted figure, worked from $56,140, 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 255 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 255 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,840 and the top tenth $63,140, so most people doing this work in Missouri sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $49,680.
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 $45,587.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,840 to $63,140) 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 $49,680 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 $45,587 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.