Self-Enrichment Teachers in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,715
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$7,375
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,921
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
$43,090
Kept after tax
$35,715
Worth in national money
$38,921
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Missouri is 29 of 51 states for self-enrichment teachers, with a middle wage of $43,090. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Missouri this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, self-enrichment teachers ranks 374. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $43,090 you keep $35,715 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $38,921 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,040, since top earners drag the number up.
- Missouri ranks 29 of 51 for self-enrichment teachers at $43,090. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Missouri reports, self-enrichment teachers ranks 374 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $35,715 after the full tax stack, from $43,090. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,921 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,040 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Self-Enrichment Teachers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,920 |
| This salary | $43,090 |
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 | $35,715 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,803 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,049 |
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 | $41,736 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,268 |
| 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 $43,090. The published range is $29,770 up to $69,920, 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 $35,715, worked from $43,090. 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 374 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,921 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 374.
- Reported values are medians; for self-enrichment teachers in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,770 to $69,920. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Missouri take-home of $35,715, on $43,090 for work ranking 374 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 374 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,921, worked from $43,090, 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 374 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 $46,040 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $29,770 and the top tenth $69,920 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $38,921 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $35,715.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $46,040. 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 ($29,770) and the ninetieth ($69,920) 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 $38,921 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 $35,715 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.