Logisticians in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,204
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$17,146
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,699
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
$78,350
Kept after tax
$61,204
Worth in national money
$66,699
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri sits in the middle of the pack for logisticians. The median is $78,350, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Missouri. It ranks 110 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 $78,350 you keep $61,204 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $66,699 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $82,760, since top earners drag the number up.
- Missouri occupies the middle band for logisticians: a median of $78,350, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Missouri, logisticians ranks 110 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 $61,204 after the full tax stack, from $78,350. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $66,699 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $82,760 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Logisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,390 |
| This salary | $78,350 |
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 | $61,204 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,949 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$890 |
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 | $74,448 |
|---|---|
| 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
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of logisticians in Missouri earn under $78,350 and half over. The published range runs $49,040 at the tenth percentile to $124,390 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $61,204 take-home in Missouri comes from $78,350. 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 110 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $66,699, the adjusted value of that $78,350 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 110 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for logisticians in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,040 to $124,390; 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.
- Retained pay of $61,204, from $78,350, 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 110 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $66,699 — the adjusted value of that $78,350 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 110 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 $82,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,040, the highest tenth $124,390, 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 $66,699.
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 $61,204.
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 $82,760. 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 ($49,040) and the ninetieth ($124,390) 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 $66,699 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 $61,204 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.