SALARY · RECEPTIONISTS AND INFORMATION CLERKS · MISSOURI

Receptionists and Information Clerks salary in Missouri

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Missouri, the middle receptionists and information clerks earned $35,740 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$35,740

$17 per hour at the median · That is $2,270 (6.0 percent) below the national median of $38,010 for this occupation.

$37,040Mean annual salary
$18Mean hourly wage
$18,890People employed in this job in Missouri

Salary range

25th: $31,600Median: $35,74075th: $39,590
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$31,600
Median (50th percentile)$35,740
75th percentile$39,590
Mean$37,040

The middle half of workers earned from $31,600 to $39,590 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$30,179 a year
$2,515 a month
Federal tax $2,109 · FICA $2,734 · State tax $718

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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