Take-home pay in Missouri by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Missouri keeps $79,125 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $74,204 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$79,125 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Missouri, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,625 more than as a C corporation.

Missouri, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$25,796	$74,204	74%
Single-member LLC	$25,796	$74,204	74%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$20,875	$79,125	79%
S corporation	$20,890	$79,110	79%
C corporation	$29,500	$70,500	71%

What Missouri takes from a business owner

Missouri taxes personal income in 8 brackets, from 0% to 4.7% (2026, single filer).dor.mo.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state no yearly report feesos.mo.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Missouri can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 4.7%, and the owner gets a credit for it. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totaldor.mo.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Missouri unemployment tax at 2.376% on the first $9,000 of salary in the first yearlabor.mo.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$39,021	$39,021	$39,293	$39,276	$36,963
$100,000	$74,204	$74,204	$79,125	$79,110	$70,500
$150,000	$106,778	$106,778	$114,577	$114,562	$99,968
$250,000	$173,522	$173,522	$183,883	$183,867	$160,484
$500,000	$309,841	$309,841	$338,663	$338,648	$305,469

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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