How Missouri withholding works
- Annual wages = pay per paycheck × paychecks per year.
- Subtract the standard deduction ($16,100, $32,200 if your spouse does not work, $24,150 for heads of household).
- Tax: $1,348 at 0%, then $1,348 each at 2%, 2.5%, 3%, 3.5%, 4% and 4.5% (each step’s tax rounded to the dollar), and 4.7% on everything above $9,436.
- Divide by the number of paychecks and round to the nearest dollar.
The Department of Revenue’s example – $35,000 a year, married with a working spouse – gives taxable income of $18,900, annual withholding of $707.81 and $59 a month. This calculator reproduces it.
Worked example: $60,000 in Missouri
Single, $60,000 salary, paid every two weeks, Missouri
Gross pay is $2,307.69 per paycheck. Federal income tax is $193 and Social Security and Medicare $177. Missouri withholds $72. Take-home pay is $1,866 per paycheck, or $48,518 a year.
Take-home pay per paycheck$1,866.0726 paychecks a year
- Take-home pay per year
- $48,518
- Federal income tax withheld
- $193.08
- Missouri income tax withheld
- $72.002%–4.7% brackets
| Item | Per paycheck | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $2,307.69 | $60,000.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$193.08 | −$5,020.08 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | −$143.08 | −$3,720.08 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | −$33.46 | −$869.96 |
| Missouri income tax | −$72.00 | −$1,872.00 |
| Take-home pay | $1,866.07 | $48,517.88 |
At $100,000 a year, take-home pay is about $75,410 a year.