Hourly pay after taxes in Missouri
$20 an hour in Missouri comes to $1,330.45 every two weeks after federal and state taxes, before any local tax, for a single person working full time.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 29, 2026 against IRS and Missouri Department of Revenue sourcesHow we check
Take-home pay by hourly wage, 2026
| Wage | Two weeks | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15.00 | $1,028.05 | $2,227 | $26,729 |
| $18.00 | $1,208.89 | $2,619 | $31,431 |
| $20.00 | $1,330.45 | $2,883 | $34,592 |
| $22.00 | $1,451.01 | $3,144 | $37,726 |
| $25.00 | $1,632.85 | $3,538 | $42,454 |
| $30.00 | $1,935.25 | $4,193 | $50,317 |
| $35.00 | $2,213.42 | $4,796 | $57,549 |
| $40.00 | $2,476.82 | $5,366 | $64,397 |
| $50.00 | $3,001.62 | $6,504 | $78,042 |
Every column after the wage is take-home pay. Each row assumes 40 hours a week all year, one paycheck every two weeks, single, no dependents, and no benefits taken out. The monthly and yearly columns are that paycheck times 26. Use the paycheck calculator for your own hours and deductions.
Kansas City's and St. Louis's earnings taxes are not in these figures. Each is 1 percent of wages, withheld for people who live or work in the city, and no other Missouri city may start one. See Missouri's local tax rules, or try the paycheck calculator.
What comes out of an hourly paycheck
At $25 an hour, a two-week paycheck in Missouri starts at $2,000.00 and ends at $1,632.85.
| Federal income tax | $156.15 |
| Social Security | $124.00 |
| Medicare | $29.00 |
| Missouri income tax | $58.00 |
Missouri taxes wages at rates from 2 to 4.7 percent, and the 4.7 percent rate begins at taxable income over $9,436. A standard deduction of $16,100 for a single worker comes off first. Federal withholding, Social Security, and Medicare take their usual shares, and no state disability or leave program adds a line.
The state tax reaches its top rate quickly, so most of the Missouri line is a flat 4.7 percent of what remains after the deduction.
What changes your number
Missouri's top rate starts at a low $9,436 of taxable income, so almost every dollar in this table above the standard deduction meets 4.7 percent. Past that point a raise is taxed at 4.7 percent all the way up.
Two cities can change the picture. Kansas City and St. Louis each charge a 1 percent earnings tax, withheld from pay, and a worker in either city sees a smaller check. The standard deduction is $16,100 for a single worker, $24,150 for head of household, and $32,200 for married couples with a spouse who does not work.
Hours matter too. At $20 an hour and 30 hours a week instead of 40, a two-week paycheck in Missouri comes to $1,028.05.
The minimum wage in Missouri
The minimum wage in Missouri is $15.00 an hour, and a full-time worker at $15 takes home about $2,227 a month. The statute raised the minimum by $1.25 on January 1, 2026 and sets no later increase.
Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Source: Missouri Department of Revenue, 2026 Missouri Withholding Tax Formula (printed pages 12 and 13; PDF created November 21, 2025), Step 1.2 standard deductions and the Annual Payroll table "4.70% 9,436.01 and over" (dor.mo.gov/forms/Withholding%20Formula_2026.pdf, saved as data/sources/missouri/Withholding-Formula_2026.pdf, read Oct 29, 2026).
Disability: Missouri runs no state disability or paid-family-leave program paid by an employee payroll deduction: the 2026 Missouri Withholding Tax Formula (saved as data/sources/missouri/Withholding-Formula_2026.pdf, read Oct 29, 2026) covers state income tax as the only state withholding on wages; no Missouri law or agency page describing such a program was found.
Local taxes: Kansas City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 68, Article VI (library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH68TA_ARTVIEAPRTA, saved as data/sources/missouri/kansas-city-code-ch68-art6-earnings-tax.txt, read Oct 29, 2026), Sec. 68-382(a): "A tax for general revenue purposes of 1.0 percent per year is hereby imposed on: (1) All earnings of resident individuals of the city. (2) All earnings of nonresident individuals for services performed or rendered in the city."; Sec. 68-386: employers "shall deduct and withhold from such earnings for each payroll period of such individual one percent of such earnings as earnings tax." City of St. Louis Collector of Revenue, "Employer Withholding and Payroll Expense Tax Information" (stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/collector/earnings-tax/payroll-tax-info.cfm, saved as data/sources/missouri/st-louis-collector-employer-withholding-payroll-expense-tax.html, read Oct 29, 2026): "The Withholding Tax is a 1% tax imposed on the wages of employees living or working in the City of St. Louis." (its separate 0.5 percent Payroll Expense Tax is "paid by the employer" and does not come out of pay). RSMo 92.111 (revisor.mo.gov, saved as data/sources/missouri/rsmo-92.111.html): "After December 31, 2011, no city ... shall impose or levy an earnings tax" except a charter city that already had one and whose voters renew it every five years (RSMo 92.115, saved as data/sources/missouri/rsmo-92.115.html).
Minimum wage: RSMo 290.502.3 (revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=290.502, saved as data/sources/missouri/rsmo-290.502.html, read Oct 29, 2026): "the minimum wage established by this subsection shall be increased by $1.25 per hour, to $15.00 per hour, effective January 1, 2026." The section sets no later increase. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, "Minimum Wage" (labor.mo.gov/dls/minimum-wage, saved as data/sources/missouri/labor-mo-gov-minimum-wage.html, read Oct 29, 2026) gives $15.00 for 2026 and tipped employees "at least 50 percent of the minimum wage, $7.50"; RSMo 290.512 (saved as data/sources/missouri/rsmo-290.512.html) sets the 50 percent tip credit limit.
Federal withholding: IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A and its "2026 Percentage Method Tables for Automated Payroll Systems and Withholding on Periodic Payments of Pensions and Annuities," pages 10 to 12. Fetched directly from irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf and transcribed Oct 28, 2026.
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