SALARY · LIGHT TRUCK DRIVERS · MISSOURI

Light Truck Drivers salary in Missouri

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for light truck drivers in Missouri: $45,500 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$45,500

$22 per hour at the median · That is $640 (1.4 percent) above the national median of $44,860 for this occupation.

$50,300Mean annual salary
$24Mean hourly wage
$16,210People employed in this job in Missouri

Salary range

25th: $36,570Median: $45,50075th: $57,410
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$36,570
Median (50th percentile)$45,500
75th percentile$57,410
Mean$50,300

The middle half of workers earned from $36,570 to $57,410 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$37,577 a year
$3,131 a month
Federal tax $3,280 · FICA $3,481 · State tax $1,163

Caveat: the annual 2026 MO-1040 instruction booklet was not retrieved. Brackets and standard deduction are in the official 2026 withholding formula, and the federal tax deduction schedule is in statute RSMo 143.171.

Kansas City and St. Louis 1 percent earnings taxes are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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