Tile and Stone Setters in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,954
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$11,636
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,349
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
$60,590
Kept after tax
$48,954
Worth in national money
$53,349
State rank
13
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is one of the better-paying states for tile and stone setters. The middle earner takes $60,590, which ranks 13 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 8.8% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tile and stone setters ranks 205 among 488 occupations Missouri publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $60,590 you keep $48,954 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $53,349 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $59,730.
- Missouri ranks 13 of 47 states publishing a median for tile and stone setters, at $60,590 — about 8.8% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 205 of 488 in Missouri places tile and stone setters in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $48,954 after the full tax stack, from $60,590. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,349 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $59,730 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,470 |
| This salary | $60,590 |
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 | $48,954 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,864 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,006 |
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 | $58,212 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,216 |
| 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 $60,590. The published range is $39,250 up to $79,470, 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 $48,954, worked from $60,590. 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 205 of 488.
- Two cautions on $53,349, the adjusted value of that $60,590 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 205 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for tile and stone setters in Missouri the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,250 to $79,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Missouri take-home of $48,954, on $60,590 for work ranking 205 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 205 of 488 in the state.
- This $53,349 adjusted figure, worked from $60,590, 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 205 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 205 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,250 at the tenth percentile, $79,470 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 $53,349 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 $48,954 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,250 to $79,470) 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 $53,349 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 $48,954 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.