Labor Relations Specialists in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,373
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$22,467
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,781
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
$93,840
Kept after tax
$71,373
Worth in national money
$77,781
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is one of the better-paying states for labor relations specialists. The middle earner takes $93,840, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 1.66% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Missouri. It ranks 76 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $93,840 you keep $71,373 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $77,781 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $97,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- Missouri ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for labor relations specialists, at $93,840 — about 1.66% 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.
- Within Missouri, labor relations specialists ranks 76 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $71,373 after the full tax stack, from $93,840. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $77,781 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $97,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,560 |
| This salary | $93,840 |
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 | $71,373 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,846 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$759 |
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 | $88,903 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,048 |
| 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 $93,840. The published range is $60,650 up to $136,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Missouri's $71,373, worked from $93,840. 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 76 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,781, the adjusted value of that $93,840 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 76 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for labor relations specialists in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,650 to $136,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Missouri take-home of $71,373, on $93,840 for work ranking 76 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 76 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $77,781 — the adjusted value of that $93,840 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 76 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $97,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,650, the highest tenth $136,560, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $77,781.
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 $71,373.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $97,100. 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 ($60,650) and the ninetieth ($136,560) 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 $77,781 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 $71,373 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.