Marketing Managers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,298
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$35,252
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,854
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
$130,550
Kept after tax
$95,298
Worth in national money
$103,854
State rank
36
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for marketing managers is on the low side in Missouri. The middle earner gets $130,550. That is 36 of 48 states, and about 21.73% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Missouri this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, marketing managers ranks 16 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $130,550 you keep $95,298 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $103,854 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $144,840, since top earners drag the number up.
- For marketing managers, Missouri sits in the lower band at $130,550, ranking 36 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 21.73%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Missouri publishes a median for, marketing managers sits 16 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $95,298 after the full tax stack, from $130,550. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $103,854 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $144,840 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $226,700 |
| This salary | $130,550 |
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 | $95,298 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,497 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$435 |
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 | $122,944 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$619 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $130,550 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $76,160 and the ninetieth is $226,700 — 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 $95,298, worked from $130,550. 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 16 of 488.
- Two cautions on $103,854, the adjusted value of that $130,550 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 16 of 488 locally.
- The Missouri median of $130,550 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $76,160 to $226,700. 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 $95,298, on $130,550 for work ranking 16 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 16 of 488 in the state.
- This $103,854 adjusted figure, worked from $130,550, 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 16 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 16 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $144,840, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $76,160 and the top tenth $226,700 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Missouri sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $103,854 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $95,298.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $144,840. 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 ($76,160) and the ninetieth ($226,700) 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 $103,854 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 $95,298 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.