Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,658
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$8,322
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,128
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
$46,980
Kept after tax
$38,658
Worth in national money
$42,128
State rank
38
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Missouri. The middle earner gets $46,980. That is 38 of 45 states, and about 9.65% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Missouri, this sits in the middle: 325 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 $46,980 you keep $38,658 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,128 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,480.
- For recreational vehicle service technicians, Missouri sits in the lower band at $46,980, ranking 38 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 9.65%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Recreational vehicle service technicians ranks 325 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 $38,658 after the full tax stack, from $46,980. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,128 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,480 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,790 |
| This salary | $46,980 |
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 | $38,658 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,928 |
| 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 | $45,399 |
|---|---|
| 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
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of recreational vehicle service technicians in Missouri earn under $46,980 and half over. The published range runs $29,380 at the tenth percentile to $57,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Missouri's $38,658, worked from $46,980. 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 325 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,128, the adjusted value of that $46,980 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 325 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for recreational vehicle service technicians in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,380 to $57,790; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Missouri take-home of $38,658, on $46,980 for work ranking 325 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 325 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $42,128 — the adjusted value of that $46,980 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 325 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $45,480, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,380 at the tenth percentile, $57,790 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,128 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Missouri adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,658 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $45,480. 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 ($29,380 to $57,790) 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 $42,128 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 $38,658 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.