New Accounts Clerks in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,147
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$9,123
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,841
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
$50,270
Kept after tax
$41,147
Worth in national money
$44,841
State rank
9
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for new accounts clerks is strong here. Missouri's middle earner gets $50,270, putting the state 9 of 45 — about 5.45% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. New accounts clerks ranks 290 among 488 occupations Missouri publishes pay for.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $50,270 the take-home is $41,147; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,841 would nationally. The average lands at $50,070, below the middle of the range.
- For new accounts clerks, Missouri sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $50,270, ranking 9 of 45 and running about 5.45% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 290 of 488 in Missouri places new accounts clerks 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 new accounts clerks in Missouri, on $50,270, is $41,147 — equivalent to $44,841 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 $50,070 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: New Accounts Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,600 |
| This salary | $50,270 |
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 | $41,147 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,572 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,031 |
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 | $48,496 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,247 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,270 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,600 and the ninetieth is $62,600 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Missouri the take-home figure of $41,147, from $50,270, 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 290 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $44,841, the adjusted value of that $50,270 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 290 of 488 locally.
- The Missouri median of $50,270 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,600 to $62,600. 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 $41,147 from $50,270. 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 290 of 488 locally.
- This $44,841 adjusted figure, worked from $50,270, 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 290 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 290 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,600 and the top tenth $62,600, so most people doing this work in Missouri sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,841 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 $41,147.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,600 to $62,600) 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 $44,841 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 $41,147 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.