Sales Managers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,508
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$29,862
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,184
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
$115,370
Kept after tax
$85,508
Worth in national money
$93,184
State rank
43
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for sales managers is on the low side in Missouri. The middle earner gets $115,370. That is 43 of 50 states, and about 22.19% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Missouri. It ranks 25 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $115,370 the take-home is $85,508; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $93,184 would nationally. The average comes to $133,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For sales managers, Missouri sits in the lower band at $115,370, ranking 43 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 22.19%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Missouri, sales managers ranks 25 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for sales managers in Missouri, on $115,370, is $85,508 — equivalent to $93,184 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 $133,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $223,340 |
| This salary | $115,370 |
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 | $85,508 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,993 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$575 |
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 | $108,995 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$795 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $115,370 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,920 and the ninetieth is $223,340 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $85,508 take-home in Missouri comes from $115,370. 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 25 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $93,184 uses one figure for the whole of Missouri. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 25.
- The Missouri median of $115,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,920 to $223,340. 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 $85,508, from $115,370, 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 25 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $93,184, worked from $115,370, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Missouri address, on work sitting at 25 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 $133,530 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,920, the highest tenth $223,340, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $93,184 in national terms.
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 $85,508 of this wage survives to your account.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $133,530. 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 ($60,920) and the ninetieth ($223,340) 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 $93,184 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 $85,508 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.