Prepress Technicians and Workers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,810
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$8,050
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,205
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
$45,860
Kept after tax
$37,810
Worth in national money
$41,205
State rank
33
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is among the lower-paying states for prepress technicians and workers. The middle earner takes $45,860, ranking 33 of 45 states — about 5.81% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Prepress technicians and workers ranks 345 among 488 occupations Missouri publishes pay for.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,860 you keep $37,810, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,205 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $45,620, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Missouri ranks 33 of 45 for prepress technicians and workers, with a median of $45,860 — about 5.81% 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.
- Position 345 of 488 in Missouri places prepress technicians and workers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for prepress technicians and workers on $45,860 is $37,810. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,205 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 $45,620 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,620 |
| This salary | $45,860 |
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 | $37,810 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,042 |
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 | $44,344 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,260 |
| 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 $45,860. The published range is $29,210 up to $62,620, 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 $37,810, worked from $45,860. 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 345 of 488.
- Two cautions on $41,205, the adjusted value of that $45,860 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 345 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for prepress technicians and workers in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,210 to $62,620. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Missouri take-home of $37,810, on $45,860 for work ranking 345 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 345 of 488 in the state.
- This $41,205 adjusted figure, worked from $45,860, 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 345 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 345 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $29,210 at the bottom tenth to $62,620 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Missouri is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $41,205 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Missouri's own levy, $37,810 remains.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($29,210) and the ninetieth ($62,620) 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 $41,205 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 $37,810 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.