Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,552
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$8,288
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,013
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
$46,840
Kept after tax
$38,552
Worth in national money
$42,013
State rank
45
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Missouri. The middle earner gets $46,840. That is 45 of 46 states, and about 29.32% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Missouri, this sits in the middle: 331 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,840 you keep $38,552 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,013 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $47,900, since top earners drag the number up.
- For probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, Missouri sits in the lower band at $46,840, ranking 45 of 46 and trailing the national median by about 29.32%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists ranks 331 of 488 occupations in Missouri by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $38,552 after the full tax stack, from $46,840. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,013 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,900 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,710 |
| This salary | $46,840 |
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 | $38,552 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,816 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,039 |
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 | $45,267 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,257 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,840 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,960 and the ninetieth is $51,710 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,552 take-home in Missouri comes from $46,840. 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 331 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,013, the adjusted value of that $46,840 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 331 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $46,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,960 to $51,710. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,552, from $46,840, 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 331 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $42,013 — the adjusted value of that $46,840 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 331 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,960 at the bottom tenth to $51,710 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,013.
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 $38,552.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,960 to $51,710) 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 $42,013 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 $38,552 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.