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Project Manager Salary in Missouri (2026)

The average Project Manager in Missouri earns around $115,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $85,500/year ($7,125/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$85,500
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$7,125
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$3,288
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$41/hr
Federal Tax
$16,470
State Tax
$4,233
FICA Taxes
$8,798
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

25.65%
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Project Manager Salary Ranges in Missouri

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$78,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$115,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$175,000

/year

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Not all Project Managers earn the same — not even close

Missouri's project management market is anchored by Oracle Health (legacy Cerner, ~12,000 KC-area employees, healthcare-software TPM + clinical implementation PM), Centene IT + corporate program management (Clayton, Fortune 25, ~25K MO employees), Edward Jones IT PM + branch operations PM (Maryland Heights, ~3,500 IT staff), Boeing Defense, Space & Security STL (~14K MO employees, defense-program PM with security clearance requirements), BJC HealthCare enterprise IT PM, and PMI St. Louis Chapter (one of the larger Midwest chapters) plus PMI Mid-America Kansas City Chapter.

Director / Senior PM Director

$165,000–$245,000+ TC

Oracle Health senior PMO director · Edward Jones enterprise IT director · Centene IT PMO

Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM)

$140,000–$210,000

Oracle Health clinical-software TPM · Boeing Defense classified TPM · Edward Jones digital TPM

Senior IT Project Manager

$115,000–$165,000

Most common senior IC band · Centene + Edward Jones + BJC IT modernization PM

Senior Healthcare / Clinical PM

$125,000–$180,000

Oracle Health clinical implementation · BJC enterprise IT · GCP / clinical-trial PM premium

Senior Defense / Security-Cleared PM

$135,000–$195,000

Boeing Defense ST. Louis · classified Aerospace PM · clearance + DoD program experience premium

Senior Construction / Infrastructure PM

$110,000–$160,000

McCarthy Building Companies (STL HQ) · HOK design+ · senior construction PM

PM (Mid-Level, 4-7 yrs)

$85,000–$120,000

PMP-certified · functional PM at mid-cap MO firms · transition to senior PM band

Junior PM / Coordinator (0-3 yrs)

$58,000–$85,000

WashU Olin + Mizzou Trulaske + UMKC Bloch pipeline · pre-PMP certification phase

Engineering / Manufacturing PM

$105,000–$160,000

Boeing Defense engineering PM · Emerson Electric · Anheuser-Busch InBev US supply-chain

PMI / Senior Program Manager

$155,000–$225,000

Multi-project PgMP credentialing · Oracle Health + Centene + Boeing Defense senior leadership

Worth knowing: Oracle Health (legacy Cerner, ~12,000 KC-area employees) is the country's largest single-state concentration of clinical-software TPM + implementation PM talent. Following the Oracle acquisition June 2022 ($28.3B), Oracle Health has retained Kansas City as the EHR modernization + clinical decision support hub. Senior TPMs at Oracle Health earn $140-210K TC. Boeing Defense, Space & Security operates ~14,000-employee Mascoutah-Hazelwood-Berkeley campus complex in greater St. Louis with substantial classified defense-program management work — senior cleared PMs $135-195K with security clearance premium. PMI St. Louis Chapter (~2,000 members) and PMI Mid-America Kansas City Chapter (~1,500 members) anchor robust PMP + PgMP credentialing community. The 1% city earnings tax in St. Louis AND Kansas City applies to non-resident PM wages earned within city limits — most senior MO PMs are at suburban offices (Maryland Heights Edward Jones, North Kansas City Oracle Health, Clayton Centene, Hazelwood / Berkeley Boeing Defense) all outside city limits, avoiding the 1% tax. Downtown STL or KC PMs face the full 5.95% combined.

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