Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $81K, rent takes 21.1% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,097/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new precision instrument and equipment repairers, all others typically earn — is $68K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,079/month. At HUD’s $1,097/month FMR, rent would take 27% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Local pay is 18% above the national median — $81K here vs. $69K nationally.

Missouri pays $81K median vs. the U.S. average of $69K — that’s +18%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 88.97), the purchasing-power equivalent is $91K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $81,330 a year, that works out to about $39 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $67,990, and experienced precision instrument and equipment repairers, all others can clear $128,480. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,209/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,097/month, which eats 21.1% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Missouri has a Regional Price Parity of 88.97 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other salary is worth about $91,413 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.