Physicians, All Other in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$158,948
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$69,032
30.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$173,218
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
$227,980
Kept after tax
$158,948
Worth in national money
$173,218
State rank
42
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Missouri pays physicians, all other a middle wage of $227,980, 42 of 50 states and about 14.27% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Missouri this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, physicians, all other ranks 2 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $227,980 the take-home is $158,948; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $173,218 would nationally. The average comes to $237,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri's $227,980 median for physicians, all other places it 42 of 50 states, about 14.27% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Missouri publishes a median for, physicians, all other sits 2 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for physicians, all other in Missouri, on $227,980, is $158,948 — equivalent to $173,218 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 $237,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $227,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $435,150 |
| This salary | $227,980 |
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 | $158,948 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $168,726 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$413 |
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 | $213,606 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$612 |
| 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 $227,980. The published range is $67,070 up to $435,150, 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 $158,948, worked from $227,980. 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 2 of 488.
- Two cautions on $173,218, the adjusted value of that $227,980 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 2 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for physicians, all other in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $67,070 to $435,150. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Missouri take-home of $158,948, on $227,980 for work ranking 2 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 2 of 488 in the state.
- This $173,218 adjusted figure, worked from $227,980, 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 2 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 2 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 $237,330 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $67,070 and the top tenth $435,150 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $173,218 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 $158,948.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $237,330. 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 ($67,070) and the ninetieth ($435,150) 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 $173,218 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 $158,948 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.