Medical Equipment Repairers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,495
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$10,845
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,669
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
$57,340
Kept after tax
$46,495
Worth in national money
$50,669
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for medical equipment repairers is on the low side in Missouri. The middle earner gets $57,340. That is 39 of 51 states, and about 7.01% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment repairers ranks 245 among 488 occupations Missouri publishes pay for.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,340 the take-home is $46,495; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,669 would nationally. The average comes to $63,900, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For medical equipment repairers, Missouri sits in the lower band at $57,340, ranking 39 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.01%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 245 of 488 in Missouri places medical equipment 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.
- Post-tax income for medical equipment repairers in Missouri, on $57,340, is $46,495 — equivalent to $50,669 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $63,900 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,420 |
| This salary | $57,340 |
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 | $46,495 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,253 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,014 |
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 | $55,153 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,226 |
| 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 medical equipment repairers in Missouri earn under $57,340 and half over. The published range runs $37,320 at the tenth percentile to $99,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Missouri the take-home figure of $46,495, from $57,340, 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 245 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,669, the adjusted value of that $57,340 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 245 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical equipment repairers in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,320 to $99,420; 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.
- Take-home for Missouri is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,495 from $57,340. 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 245 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $50,669 — the adjusted value of that $57,340 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 245 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 $63,900, 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 $37,320 and the top tenth $99,420 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $50,669 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Missouri adds its own income tax on top — which is why $46,495 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $63,900. 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 ($37,320) and the ninetieth ($99,420) 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 $50,669 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 $46,495 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.