Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,807
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$7,083
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,932
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
$41,890
Kept after tax
$34,807
Worth in national money
$37,932
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $41,890, which ranks 15 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 9.37% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Missouri, this one sits low: 383 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $41,890 you keep $34,807 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $37,932 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $41,410.
- Missouri ranks 15 of 50 states publishing a median for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers, at $41,890 — about 9.37% 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.
- Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers occupies position 383 of 488 in Missouri's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $34,807 after the full tax stack, from $41,890. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,932 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,410 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,850 |
| This salary | $41,890 |
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 | $34,807 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,839 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,051 |
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 | $40,606 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,272 |
| 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 $41,890. The published range is $34,930 up to $47,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $34,807 take-home in Missouri comes from $41,890. 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 383 of 488.
- Two cautions on $37,932, the adjusted value of that $41,890 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 383 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,930 to $47,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $34,807, from $41,890, 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 383 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 50 for it.
- This $37,932 adjusted figure, worked from $41,890, 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 383 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 383 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,930 at the tenth percentile, $47,850 at the ninetieth.
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 $37,932 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 $34,807.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,930 to $47,850) 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 $37,932 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 $34,807 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.