Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,146
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$5,904
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,942
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
$37,050
Kept after tax
$31,146
Worth in national money
$33,942
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Missouri pays shuttle drivers and chauffeurs around $37,050 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 488 occupations Missouri publishes, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs lands at 428. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $37,050 the take-home is $31,146; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,942 would nationally. The average comes to $38,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For shuttle drivers and chauffeurs the Missouri median is $37,050, ranking 21 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Missouri, this work ranks 428 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs in Missouri, on $37,050, is $31,146 — equivalent to $33,942 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 $38,660 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,700 |
| This salary | $37,050 |
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 | $31,146 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,950 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,063 |
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 | $36,049 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,286 |
| 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 shuttle drivers and chauffeurs in Missouri earn under $37,050 and half over. The published range runs $28,760 at the tenth percentile to $47,700 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $31,146 take-home in Missouri comes from $37,050. 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 428 of 488.
- Two cautions on $33,942, the adjusted value of that $37,050 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Missouri. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 428 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,760 to $47,700; 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.
- Retained pay of $31,146, from $37,050, 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 428 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- This $33,942 adjusted figure, worked from $37,050, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 428 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 428 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 $38,660 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,760 and the top tenth $47,700, so most people doing this work in Missouri sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $33,942.
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 $31,146.
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 $38,660. 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 ($28,760 to $47,700) 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 $33,942 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 $31,146 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.