Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,816
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$10,304
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,839
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
$55,120
Kept after tax
$44,816
Worth in national money
$48,839
State rank
9
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Missouri's middle earner gets $55,120, putting the state 9 of 49 — about 15.12% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Missouri reports figures for, this is number 259.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $55,120 the take-home is $44,816; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $48,839 would nationally. The average lands at $52,230, below the middle of the range.
- For outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, Missouri sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $55,120, ranking 9 of 49 and running about 15.12% 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.
- In Missouri's occupational distribution, outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics sits at 259 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Missouri, on $55,120, is $44,816 — equivalent to $48,839 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 $52,230 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,670 |
| This salary | $55,120 |
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 | $44,816 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,469 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,019 |
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 | $53,062 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,233 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Missouri earn less than $55,120. The published range is $34,870 up to $62,670, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Missouri's $44,816, worked from $55,120. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 259 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,839 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 259.
- Reported values are medians; for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,870 to $62,670. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Missouri take-home of $44,816, on $55,120 for work ranking 259 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 259 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,839, worked from $55,120, 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 259 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $52,230 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,870 and the top tenth $62,670, 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 $48,839 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 $44,816.
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 $52,230. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,870 to $62,670) 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 $48,839 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 $44,816 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.