Nurse Practitioners in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,904
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$35,026
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,424
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
$129,930
Kept after tax
$94,904
Worth in national money
$103,424
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is among the lower-paying states for nurse practitioners. The middle earner takes $129,930, ranking 35 of 51 states — about 1.79% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Missouri reports, nurse practitioners comes in at 18 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $129,930 you keep $94,904, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $103,424 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $130,970, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Missouri ranks 35 of 51 for nurse practitioners, with a median of $129,930 — about 1.79% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Nurse practitioners ranks 18 of 488 occupations by median in Missouri, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for nurse practitioners on $129,930 is $94,904. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $103,424 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 $130,970 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Nurse Practitioners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $100,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $162,060 |
| This salary | $129,930 |
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 | $94,904 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,073 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$441 |
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 | $122,367 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$628 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $129,930 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $100,650 and the ninetieth is $162,060 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Missouri the take-home figure of $94,904, from $129,930, 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 18 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 $103,424, the adjusted value of that $129,930 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 18 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $129,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $100,650 to $162,060. 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 $94,904 from $129,930. 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 18 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $103,424 — the adjusted value of that $129,930 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 18 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $100,650 and the top tenth $162,060, so most people doing this work in Missouri sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $103,424 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 $94,904.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($100,650 to $162,060) 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 $103,424 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 $94,904 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.