United States · Missouri · Updated for 2026
Missouri paycheck calculator 2026
On Missouri’s median pay of $47,800 in 2026, a single filer in Missouri takes home $39,319.68 a year ($1,512.30 every two weeks), after $3,556.00 federal income tax, $3,656.70 Social Security and Medicare, and $1,267.63 of Missouri tax.
Change the pay, schedule, filing status or deductions below to see your own paycheck. It works as a Missouri salary calculator too: type a yearly salary or an hourly rate.
Take-home pay, 2026 · Missouri · single · paid every two weeks
$1,512.30 a paycheck
$39,319.68 a year · $3,276.64 a month · $18.90 an hour
| Per paycheck | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $1,838.46 | $47,800.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$136.77 | −$3,556.00 |
| Social Security | −$113.98 | −$2,963.60 |
| Medicare | −$26.66 | −$693.10 |
| Missouri income tax | −$48.75 | −$1,267.63 |
| Take-home pay | $1,512.30 | $39,319.68 |
An estimate of the year’s tax divided evenly across your 26 paychecks, not your employer’s exact withholding table. An hour assumes 40 hours a week for 52 weeks.
Estimate your 2026 tax refund on this pay, with the new deductions for tips and overtime.
Local tax not included
Kansas City and St. Louis also take an earnings tax from the pay of people who live or work in those cities; this calculator leaves it out.
Federal income tax
Taxable income: $47,800 of pay after pre-tax deductions, less the $16,100 standard deduction for single = $31,700.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% bracket | $12,400 | $1,240.00 |
| 12% bracket | $19,300 | $2,316.00 |
| Federal income tax for the year | $3,556.00 |
Social Security and Medicare
- Social Security: 6.2% = $2,963.60 a year.
- Medicare: 1.45% of all pay = $693.10 a year.
Missouri tax
Missouri taxes $47,800 of your pay, less $889 of the federal income tax you pay and the $16,100 standard deduction: $30,811 of taxable income.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% bracket | $1,348 | $0.00 |
| 2% bracket | $1,348 | $27.00 |
| 2.5% bracket | $1,348 | $34.00 |
| 3% bracket | $1,348 | $40.00 |
| 3.5% bracket | $1,348 | $47.00 |
| 4% bracket | $1,348 | $54.00 |
| 4.5% bracket | $1,348 | $61.00 |
| 4.7% bracket | $21,375 | $1,004.63 |
Missouri income tax: $1,267.63 a year.
Your tax rates
- Effective rate: 17.7%. That share of your pay goes in federal, state and payroll taxes.
- Marginal rate: 24.2%. Of your next dollar of pay, about 24 cents goes in tax, so you keep about 76 cents.
What are Missouri’s income tax rates for 2026?
Missouri has one rate chart for everyone, from 0% to 4.7%. Taxable income is your federal AGI less part of the federal income tax you pay, the federal standard deduction ($16,100 single, $32,200 married filing jointly, $24,150 head of household) and, for a head of household, an extra $1,400.
| Rate | Single | Married filing jointly | Head of household |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | from $0 | from $0 | from $0 |
| 2% | over $1,348 | over $1,348 | over $1,348 |
| 2.5% | over $2,696 | over $2,696 | over $2,696 |
| 3% | over $4,044 | over $4,044 | over $4,044 |
| 3.5% | over $5,392 | over $5,392 | over $5,392 |
| 4% | over $6,740 | over $6,740 | over $6,740 |
| 4.5% | over $8,088 | over $8,088 | over $8,088 |
| 4.7% | over $9,436 | over $9,436 | over $9,436 |
The share of your federal income tax you can subtract depends on your Missouri AGI: 35% up to $25,000, 25% up to $50,000, 15% up to $100,000, 5% up to $125,000, 0% above $125,000. It is never more than $5,000 ($10,000 on a joint return).
How much tax do I pay on $47,800 in Missouri?
$47,800 is the median yearly pay for all jobs in Missouri (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). A single filer paid every two weeks, with nothing taken before tax:
| Year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $47,800.00 | $1,838.46 |
| Federal income tax | $3,556.00 | $136.77 |
| Social Security | $2,963.60 | $113.98 |
| Medicare | $693.10 | $26.66 |
| Missouri income tax | $1,267.63 | $48.75 |
| Take-home pay | $39,319.68 | $1,512.30 |
Effective rate: 17.7% of pay in tax. Of the next dollar, about 24 cents goes in tax. Open this example in the paycheck calculator.
What is different about paychecks in Missouri?
Missouri’s brackets are very narrow: the top rate of 4.7% starts at just $9,436 of taxable income, so almost all of a full-time wage is taxed at 4.7%. The bracket lines rise with inflation each year.
Missouri lets you subtract part of the federal income tax you pay. The share falls as income rises and stops at $125,000, and each step is a cliff: one dollar more of income can move you to a smaller share.
A married couple files one combined Missouri return, but each spouse’s share of the income goes through the rate chart on its own. This calculator treats a couple as one earner; when both work, the second earner’s share uses the low brackets again, which saves up to about $180 a year.
Nothing else comes out of your paycheck for the state of Missouri.
How does Missouri compare with Kansas and Illinois?
The same $47,800 salary, single, paid every two weeks:
| State tax and contributions a year | Take-home a year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | $1,267.63 | $39,319.68 | $1,512.30 |
| Kansas | $1,867.55 | $38,719.75 | $1,489.22 |
| Illinois | $2,221.31 | $38,365.99 | $1,475.61 |
You take home $599.93 a year more in Missouri than in Kansas.
You take home $953.69 a year more in Missouri than in Illinois.
What does this calculator leave out in Missouri?
- The lower tax for a married couple who both work (each spouse’s share goes through the rate chart separately; it needs each spouse’s pay).
- Missouri’s subtractions for pensions and Social Security, its credits, itemized deductions and the extra deductions for people 65 or over or blind.
- Dependents, and credits such as the child tax credit.
- One job for the whole calendar year, with the same pay every paycheck, no bonus and no overtime.
- A married couple filing jointly is one earner: the whole household income is this pay.
- The year’s tax is divided evenly across your paychecks. Your employer withholds from each paycheck using your W-4 and the IRS tables, so a paycheck can differ a little.
The full list is on the sources page, and the method on how we calculate.
Which other states can I check?
- Alabama state income tax
- Alaska no income tax
- Arizona state income tax
- Arkansas state income tax
- California state income tax
- Colorado state income tax
- Connecticut state income tax
- Delaware state income tax
- District of Columbia state income tax
- Florida no income tax
- Georgia state income tax
- Hawaii state income tax
- Idaho state income tax
- Illinois state income tax
- Indiana state income tax
- Iowa state income tax
- Kansas state income tax
- Kentucky state income tax
- Louisiana state income tax
- Maine state income tax
- Maryland state income tax
- Massachusetts state income tax
- Michigan state income tax
- Minnesota state income tax
- Mississippi state income tax
- Montana state income tax
- Nebraska state income tax
- Nevada no income tax
- New Hampshire no income tax
- New Jersey state income tax
- New Mexico state income tax
- New York state income tax
- North Carolina state income tax
- North Dakota state income tax
- Ohio state income tax
- Oklahoma state income tax
- Oregon state income tax
- Pennsylvania state income tax
- Rhode Island state income tax
- South Carolina state income tax
- South Dakota no income tax
- Tennessee no income tax
- Texas no income tax
- Utah state income tax
- Vermont state income tax
- Virginia state income tax
- Washington no income tax
- West Virginia state income tax
- Wisconsin state income tax
- Wyoming no income tax
Every state on one page: the US paycheck calculator. How the taxes work: US paycheck guides.
Pay by job: the highest paying jobs in Missouri after tax, and 830 jobs with their pay in every state. Your federal refund for 2026, with the new deductions: the tax refund calculator.
On an hourly wage? The Missouri minimum wage, with full-time pay and take-home pay.
Questions about paychecks in Missouri
How much is taken out of a paycheck in Missouri?
On $47,800 a year, single, paid every two weeks: $136.77 federal income tax, $140.64 Social Security and Medicare and $48.75 for Missouri (income tax) a paycheck, leaving $1,512.30.
What is the take-home pay on $100,000 in Missouri?
$75,510.04 a year, or $2,904.23 every two weeks, for a single filer with nothing taken before tax.
Is Missouri state tax taken out of every paycheck?
Yes. Employers in Missouri withhold state income tax from each paycheck along with federal tax. This calculator spreads the year’s tax evenly across your paychecks, so a single paycheck can differ a little.
What is Missouri’s income tax rate in 2026?
The top rate is 4.7%, on taxable income over $9,436. Below that, rates step up from 0% on the first $1,348. The same chart applies to every filing status.
Can I deduct federal income tax on my Missouri return?
Part of it. The share depends on your Missouri AGI, from 35% at $25,000 or less to none above $125,000, and it is never more than $5,000 ($10,000 joint). This calculator works it out for you.
Does Missouri tax military pay?
No, not active-duty pay: Missouri lets residents subtract all military income earned on active duty. Guard and Reserve inactive-duty pay has its own deduction.