Missouri
Obtain a Missouri State Tax ID and State Unemployment Tax ID.
Note: Missouri utilizes one application to receive an ID that is used for both State Income Tax and State Unemployment Insurance filings.
Minimum Wage
Missouri minimum wage is $12.30 per hour. Employers engaged in retail or service businesses with annual gross income of less than $500,000 are exempt from the state minimum wage rate.
For more information on Missouri’s minimum wage law, please click HERE.
Overtime
Missouri overtime law requires employers to pay employees at least one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week. Find more information HERE.
Pay Frequency
Missouri pay frequency laws require employers to pay employees for wages earned at least two times per month and within sixteen days of the close of each payroll period.
Executive, administrative, professional employees and employees compensated in whole or in part on a commission basis may be paid their salaries or commissions once per month.
Taxable Wage Base ($000s): $10,000
New Employer Rate (% Taxable Wages): 2.376%
Missouri requires all employers who have an office or do business in the state to withhold Missouri income tax from wages paid to covered employees.
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