Mechanical Door Repairers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,261
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$8,839
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,876
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
$49,100
Kept after tax
$40,261
Worth in national money
$43,876
State rank
35
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Missouri pays mechanical door repairers a middle wage of $49,100, 35 of 45 states and about 11.88% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Mechanical door repairers ranks 302 among 488 occupations Missouri publishes pay for.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,100 you keep $40,261, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,876 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,170, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Missouri's $49,100 median for mechanical door repairers places it 35 of 45 states, about 11.88% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 302 of 488 in Missouri places mechanical door repairers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for mechanical door repairers on $49,100 is $40,261. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,876 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $51,170 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Mechanical Door Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,850 |
| This salary | $49,100 |
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 | $40,261 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,632 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,034 |
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 | $47,395 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,250 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,100 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,420 and the ninetieth is $66,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Missouri the take-home figure of $40,261, from $49,100, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 302 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,876 uses one figure for the whole of Missouri. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 302.
- The Missouri median of $49,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,420 to $66,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Missouri is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,261 from $49,100. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 302 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,876, worked from $49,100, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Missouri address, on work sitting at 302 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 $51,170, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,420 at the bottom tenth to $66,850 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Missouri is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $43,876 in national terms.
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 $40,261.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $51,170. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,420 to $66,850) 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 $43,876 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 $40,261 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.