Jury duty pay in Missouri
At least $6 a day, or at least $18 where the county adds pay with state reimbursement. A county may instead pay $50 a day from day three1
Pay depends on which option the county or city has chosen. Under the $50 option the first two days are unpaid.
Your rights as a juror
- Mileage
- Round trip at the state employee mileage rate under section 33.0951
- Job protection
- Employers may not fire, discipline, threaten or take adverse action over a summons or make employees use leave. A fired employee may sue within 90 days2
Many counties pay more than the state minimum, and your summons usually says what you will be paid. If something here is not covered, your summons or the court clerk can tell you.
Sources
- RSMo 494.455, Missouri Revisor of Statutes, checked 1 November 2026
- RSMo 494.460, Missouri Revisor of Statutes, checked 1 November 2026
Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a copy of the law we used because the official site could not be read.