Missouri Paycheck Calculator (2026)

Missouri's rate schedule tops out at 4.7%, and the top band starts early enough ($9,436 of taxable income) that most full-time earners reach it. The state's distinguishing feature sits underneath: like Alabama and Oregon, Missouri lets residents deduct the federal income tax they pay. Unlike either, it grants only a percentage of it, and the percentage steps down as income goes up. The top rung, 35%, belongs to filers at $25,000 or below. From there the ladder descends, and above $125,000 nothing at all is deductible. A ceiling of $5,000 sits on top of the result for a single filer, doubled on a joint return. Two limits, and they pull against each other: the percentage bites hardest on high earners, whose federal bill is large enough that the cap would otherwise matter, while the cap bites on filers whose percentage is still generous. At $85,000 the percentage is the binding one. A single filer here deducts 15% of a $9,870 federal bill, or $1,481, well under the $5,000 ceiling. Kansas City and St. Louis each add an earnings tax on wages inside city limits, for residents and commuters alike, handled on their own pages. At $85,000 single with no city tax selected, federal income tax lands at $9,870, state income tax at $2,988, FICA at $6,503, and take-home at $65,639, an effective total rate of 22.78%. Kansas next door tops out above Missouri's 4.7%, and the yearly state-line difference at this salary is about $1,466, though a Kansas City or St. Louis earnings tax can close it.