Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,685
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$8,975
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,338
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
$49,660
Kept after tax
$40,685
Worth in national money
$44,338
State rank
20
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Missouri is 20 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $49,660. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 296 among 488 occupations Missouri publishes pay for.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,660 the take-home is $40,685; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,338 would nationally. The average comes to $53,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri ranks 20 of 49 for office and administrative support workers, all other at $49,660. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 296 of 488 in Missouri places office and administrative support workers, all other 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 office and administrative support workers, all other in Missouri, on $49,660, is $40,685 — equivalent to $44,338 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 $53,230 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,360 |
| This salary | $49,660 |
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 | $40,685 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,082 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,032 |
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 | $47,922 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,249 |
| 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 office and administrative support workers, all other in Missouri earn under $49,660 and half over. The published range runs $35,930 at the tenth percentile to $72,360 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $40,685 take-home in Missouri comes from $49,660. 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 296 of 488.
- Two cautions on $44,338, the adjusted value of that $49,660 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 296 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for office and administrative support workers, all other in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,930 to $72,360; 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.
- Retained pay of $40,685, from $49,660, 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 296 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 49 for it.
- This $44,338 adjusted figure, worked from $49,660, 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 296 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 296 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 $53,230, 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 $35,930 and the top tenth $72,360 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $44,338.
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 $40,685 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $53,230. 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 ($35,930) and the ninetieth ($72,360) 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 $44,338 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 $40,685 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.