Bakers Salary in Columbia, MO

Bakers pay range in Columbia

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,600 a year or less, while the top 10% make $40,760 or more. The middle half of bakers in Columbia earn between $30,100 and $37,750.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Bakers salary after taxes in Columbia

On the average salary of $33,870, a single filer in Columbia takes home about $28,740 a year, or $2,395 a month and $1,105 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). The 1% earnings tax applies to people who live or work in Kansas City or St. Louis itself, not in the suburbs.

Is Columbia a good place for bakers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Columbia area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.4), so the average $33,870 buys what about $37,870 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Columbia ($47,260). A typical home costs $323,951, or 9.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bakers salary in other Missouri cities

Columbia ranks 7th of 7 Missouri metro areas for this job; Kansas City pays the most ($37,220).

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Highest-paying cities for bakers

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($52,420).

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