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Missouri · Tax year 2026

Missouri paycheck calculator

A worker on the Missouri median wage of $47,800 takes home about $1,511.49 every two weeks in 2026, after $136.77 federal income tax, $140.64 Social Security and Medicare and $49.56 Missouri income tax. Enter your own pay below.

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Estimated net paycheck

Annual estimated tax is split across pay periods. This is not employer payroll withholding.
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Filing status, dependents and tax year

Defaults cover the common case: single, no dependents, the current year.

Missouri does not give a per-dependent allowance: its dependent exemption ended when the federal personal exemption it was tied to went to zero. Federal credits for dependents are not modelled here either.

Estimated net paycheck

$1,511.49$1,838.46 gross · $326.97 estimated tax
Federal$136.77Annual liability ÷ periods
FICA$140.64Social Security + Medicare
State$49.56Missouri
How we got this
  1. Gross paycheck$1,838.46
  2. Federal$136.77
  3. Social Security$113.98
  4. Medicare$26.66
  5. Missouri tax$49.56
  6. Estimated net paycheck$1,511.49
What we assumed
  • Estimated paycheck based on annualized tax liability, not employer payroll withholding.
  • Annual tax is divided across 26 pay periods.
  • This estimate uses tax year 2026.
  • Federal filing status: Single.
  • Federal income tax uses the IRS standard deduction of $16,100.00. Itemized deductions are not used.
  • Federal tax credits, capital gains, self-employment tax and AMT are not included. State exemption credits are included where this snapshot carries them.
  • What a dependent is worth depends entirely on the state, and in several it is worth nothing. The dependents field says so beneath itself when that is the case.
  • Employer benefits and pre-tax payroll deductions are not included.
  • This is an estimate, not a tax return or employer withholding notice.
  • Federal source: IRS Revenue Procedure for tax year 2026.
  • Missouri tax uses Missouri Department of Revenue rules. Schedule year 2025. State-specific credits and most subtractions are not modeled.
  • Kansas City and St. Louis earnings tax is not included. It is set by your municipality and applies to taxable income. No state agency publishes a single rate for it, so its size is not estimated here — but your real take-home is lower than this.
  • Missouri allows federal income tax to be deducted from state taxable income; $889.00 was deducted here.
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Missouri paychecks at common salaries

Every two weeks, single filer, standard deduction, 2026 tax tables. Each salary opens its full Missouri breakdown.

Biweekly take-home pay in Missouri by annual salary
SalaryGross checkFederalFICAMissouriTake-home
$30,000$1,153.85$54.62$88.27$18.35$992.61
$40,000$1,538.46$100.77$117.69$35.88$1,284.12
$50,000$1,923.08$146.92$147.12$53.42$1,575.62
$60,000$2,307.69$193.08$176.54$71.86$1,866.22
$75,000$2,884.62$295.00$220.67$98.26$2,270.68
$100,000$3,846.15$506.54$294.23$141.96$2,903.43
$150,000$5,769.23$951.31$441.35$235.91$4,140.66

How Missouri taxes a paycheck

Missouri taxes wages in brackets, 2% to 4.7% for a single filer. Each rate applies only to the part of taxable income inside its bracket.

A single filer subtracts a $15,750 standard deduction before the state rate applies.

Missouri income tax brackets, single filer
Taxable income (single)RateTaxable income (joint)
Up to $1,3130%Up to $1,313
$1,313 to $2,6262%$1,313 to $2,626
$2,626 to $3,9392.5%$2,626 to $3,939
$3,939 to $5,2523%$3,939 to $5,252
$5,252 to $6,5653.5%$5,252 to $6,565
$6,565 to $7,8784%$6,565 to $7,878
$7,878 to $9,1914.5%$7,878 to $9,191
Over $9,1914.7%Over $9,191

Local tax not included: Kansas City and St. Louis earnings tax. The rate depends on where you live or work.

Federal income tax uses the IRS 2026 brackets and standard deduction. Social Security is 6.2% of pay up to $184,500 a year and Medicare is 1.45%, plus 0.9% on wages over $200,000.

What the Missouri figure includes

  • Missouri taxes Missouri taxable income on the 2025 MO-1040 tax rate chart, the same schedule for every filing status: $0 through $1,313, then 2.0% to 4.7% of the excess over each $1,313 band, with published lumps at each threshold (2025 Form MO-1040 instructions). 2026 MO-1040 was not published at verification.
  • The standard deduction is the 2025 federal amount: $15,750 single or married filing separately, $31,500 married filing combined, $23,625 head of household. Head of household and qualifying widow(er) also take a $1,400 additional exemption on Line 15.
  • Missouri subtracts a percentage of federal income tax (MO-1040 Line 11, federal Form 1040 total tax, not withholding) based on Missouri AGI on Line 6: 35% at or below $25,000, 25% to $50,000, 15% to $100,000, 5% to $125,000, and 0% above. That product is capped at $5,000, or $10,000 on a combined return. The percentage is looked up on AGI, not on income after the deduction.
  • A combined return computes tax separately on each spouse's Missouri taxable income. This model has one wage income and treats a joint filer as the Y column of a one-income combined return.
  • Kansas City and St. Louis levy an earnings tax that is not included. No statewide rate is published, so the page names the omission without inventing its size.
  • Missouri itemized deductions, the property tax credit, and other MO-A adjustments are not modeled. The starting point is gross wages.

Source: 2025 Form MO-1040 instructions: Line 12 federal tax percentage, Line 13 cap, tax rate chart and worksheet examples, 2025 schedule, checked 2026-09-07.

Missouri paycheck questions

How much is taken out of a paycheck in Missouri?

On the Missouri median wage of $47,800 (BLS, May 2025), paid every two weeks, about $326.97 of a $1,838.46 paycheck goes to tax: $136.77 federal income tax, $140.64 Social Security and Medicare, and $49.56 Missouri income tax. That leaves $1,511.49.

This assumes a single filer with the standard deduction and no pre-tax deductions such as 401(k) or health premiums, which would lower both the tax and the check.

Does Missouri have a state income tax?

Yes. Missouri taxes wages in brackets, 2% to 4.7% for a single filer. Each rate applies only to the part of taxable income inside its bracket. The rules come from Missouri Department of Revenue.

What is the Missouri income tax rate for 2026?

For a single filer the rates run 2% to 4.7%, using the 2025 schedule, the latest Missouri Department of Revenue had published when these figures were checked. The bracket table on this page shows where each rate starts.

Are there local income taxes in Missouri?

Yes: Kansas City and St. Louis earnings tax. It depends on where you live or work, so this estimate leaves it out.

How much is $1,000 a week after taxes in Missouri?

About $816.60 a week, or $42,463 a year, for a single filer with the standard deduction in 2026. Federal income tax takes about $78.08 a week and Social Security and Medicare $76.50; Missouri income tax about $28.83.

Why is my real paycheck different from this estimate?

Employers withhold with the IRS percentage method and your W-4, not with an annual estimate split into pay periods. Pre-tax deductions such as a 401(k), health insurance or an HSA lower your taxable pay, and bonuses are often withheld at a flat supplemental rate. Over a full year the two should come close; a single check can differ.

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