Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,030
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$22,810
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,496
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
$94,840
Kept after tax
$72,030
Worth in national money
$78,496
State rank
38
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Missouri. The middle earner gets $94,840. That is 38 of 49 states, and about 9.61% 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 72 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $94,840 you keep $72,030 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $78,496 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $105,490, since top earners drag the number up.
- For sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products, Missouri sits in the lower band at $94,840, ranking 38 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 9.61%. 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 representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products ranks 72 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.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $72,030 after the full tax stack, from $94,840. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $78,496 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $105,490 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,050 |
| This salary | $94,840 |
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 | $72,030 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,550 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$750 |
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 | $89,836 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,036 |
| 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 $94,840. The published range is $45,700 up to $173,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $72,030 take-home in Missouri comes from $94,840. 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 72 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,496, the adjusted value of that $94,840 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 72 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,700 to $173,050. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $72,030, from $94,840, 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 72 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $78,496 — the adjusted value of that $94,840 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 72 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 $105,490, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $45,700 and the top tenth $173,050 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $78,496 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, $72,030 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $105,490. 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 ($45,700) and the ninetieth ($173,050) 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 $78,496 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 $72,030 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.