Phlebotomists in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,738
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$7,382
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,946
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
$43,120
Kept after tax
$35,738
Worth in national money
$38,946
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Missouri pays phlebotomists around $43,120 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 488 occupations Missouri publishes, phlebotomists lands at 373. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,120 you keep $35,738, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $38,946 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $42,640, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For phlebotomists the Missouri median is $43,120, ranking 30 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Missouri, this work ranks 373 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for phlebotomists on $43,120 is $35,738. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $38,946 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 $42,640 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Phlebotomists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,390 |
| This salary | $43,120 |
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 | $35,738 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,827 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,048 |
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 | $41,764 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,268 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,120 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,070 and the ninetieth is $51,390 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Missouri's $35,738, worked from $43,120. 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 373 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,946, the adjusted value of that $43,120 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 373 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $43,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,070 to $51,390. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Missouri take-home of $35,738, on $43,120 for work ranking 373 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 373 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $38,946 — the adjusted value of that $43,120 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 373 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,070 and the top tenth $51,390, 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 $38,946 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 $35,738.
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 ($34,070 to $51,390) 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 $38,946 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 $35,738 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.