Mississippi · BLS May 2025 · Updated Sep 29, 2026

Average salary in Mississippi

The average wage in Mississippi was $50,810 a year in May 2025. The median, the pay of the worker in the middle, was $40,120.

Below: wages for 601 occupations the Bureau of Labor Statistics measured in Mississippi, each with what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax and what it buys at local prices.

Median pay · Mississippi

$40,120A year, or $19 an hour.

Take-home a month$2,795After federal, state and FICA tax at 16.4%

Worth at national prices$46,140Prices here sit at 87 against 100

Against the nation21.3% belowNational median $50,980

What all occupations earn in Mississippi, May 2025
Percentile	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile1 in 10 earn less	$22,970	$11
25th percentile	$29,760	$14
MedianHalf earn more, half less	$40,120	$19
75th percentile	$60,180	$29
90th percentile1 in 10 earn more	$84,500	$41
MeanAll pay divided by all jobs	$50,810	$24

All occupations combined. Individual occupations vary far more than this figure suggests. The tables below show the spread.

How we got this

Median wage in MississippiBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of all wage earners here were paid more than this, half less.$40,120
Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$19.29
Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$2,795 a month at an effective rate of 16.4%.$33,544 a year
Worth at national average pricesPrices in Mississippi sit at 87 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$46,140
Against the national medianThe national median is $50,980.21.3% below
Jobs countedWage and salary jobs; the self-employed are not surveyed.1,163,030

What we assumed

Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.

Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1

Where people work

The most common jobs in Mississippi

Occupations by number of jobs in Mississippi
Occupation	Jobs	Median a year
Retail Salesperson	38,400	$28,640
Fast Food or Counter Worker	31,220	$22,610
Laborer or Material Mover	30,750	$36,400
Cashier	30,490	$26,390
Registered Nurse	29,060	$77,090
Truck Driver	24,160	$51,820
Stocker or Order Filler	23,420	$34,270
Home Health or Personal Care Aide	21,800	$23,860
Customer Service Representative	20,860	$36,380
Office Clerk	17,600	$34,900
Assembler or Fabricator	16,800	$39,070
Janitor	15,940	$28,380
Waiter or Waitress	15,190	$21,370
Administrative Assistant	14,720	$37,340
Maintenance and Repair Worker	14,550	$44,350
Nursing Assistant	14,200	$31,520
Office and Administrative Support Supervisor	13,680	$58,380
Retail Supervisor	13,020	$45,760
Bookkeeper	12,160	$42,840
Shipping and Receiving Clerk	11,330	$38,620
Fast Food Cook	11,170	$22,670
Elementary School Teacher	11,060	$49,790
Restaurant Cook	10,770	$29,560
General or Operations Manager	10,630	$106,680
Food Service Supervisor	10,480	$36,530
High School Teacher	10,400	$50,980
Security Guard	10,160	$29,180
Licensed Practical Nurse	9,850	$50,220
Teaching Assistant	9,750	$25,840
Forklift Operator	9,640	$43,420
Construction Laborer	8,800	$37,710
Maid or Housekeeping Cleaner	8,320	$25,360
Production Supervisor	8,230	$68,720
Police Officer	8,070	$46,140
Food Preparation Worker	7,870	$26,240
Auto Mechanic	7,410	$37,820
Accountant or Auditor	7,350	$68,100
Construction Supervisor	7,040	$66,910
Light Truck Driver	7,030	$38,140
Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representative	7,000	$59,320

Where the money is

Highest-paying jobs in Mississippi

Occupations by median annual wage in Mississippi
Occupation	Jobs	Median a year
Internal Medicine Physician	390	$325,610
Pathologists	50	$261,570
Emergency Medicine Physician	450	$252,960
Family Medicine Physician	570	$235,630
Psychiatrists	110	$213,680
Nurse Anesthetists	480	$198,410
General Pediatricians	40	$183,650
Podiatrists	30	$164,410
General Dentists	740	$143,660
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	360	$143,580
Architectural and Engineering Managers	860	$142,790
Chief Executive	310	$139,250
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	1,890	$137,220
Pharmacist	3,050	$133,230
Physicists	80	$129,970
Nurse Practitioner	4,690	$124,730
Computer and Information Systems Manager	1,710	$124,280
Purchasing Managers	320	$122,940
Natural Sciences Managers	210	$119,430
Industrial Production Managers	2,290	$118,660
Medical Dosimetrists	40	$115,490
Electronics Engineers	160	$112,400
Geoscientists	250	$112,400
Financial Manager	3,470	$111,390
Aerospace Engineers	90	$109,200

What is distinctive here

Jobs far more common in Mississippi than nationally

Occupations by concentration against the national share, Mississippi
Occupation	Concentration	Median a year
Upholsterers	16.01	$44,930
Psychiatric Aides	9.37	$30,510
Logging Equipment Operators	7.77	$49,620
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	6.24	$36,960
Agricultural Product Graders and Sorters	6.04	$30,140
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	5.93	$37,890
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	5.3	$58,010
Gambling Dealers	4.34	$28,250
Millwrights	4.23	$58,280
Highway Maintenance Workers	3.59	$35,120

What you keep

Take-home pay on a Mississippi salary

Take-home pay by salary bracket in Mississippi, 2026, single filer
Salary	Take-home a month	Take-home a year	Goes to tax
$50,000 a year	$3,424	$41,087	1,783%
$75,000 a year	$4,944	$59,325	2,090%
$100,000 a year	$6,326	$75,912	2,409%
$150,000 a year	$9,044	$108,523	2,765%

Paid by the hour in Mississippi

$20 an hour$41,600 a year $30 an hour$62,400 a year $50 an hour$104,000 a year

Per paycheckMississippi paycheck calculatorYour own pay, every pay period, with Mississippi's rules and brackets shown.

Local pricesWhat a salary is worth in MississippiRent, groceries and the local price level against the national average.

HousingWhat those salaries buy at today’s ratesPrice range, down payment and the monthly payment behind it.

Questions

Pay in Mississippi: common questions

What is the average salary in Mississippi?

$50,810 a year, or $24.43 an hour, across every job the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveyed in Mississippi for May 2025.

The median is lower, $40,120: half of workers earn more and half earn less. The average sits above it because a smaller number of very high salaries pull it up, so the median is closer to what a typical worker makes.

What is a good salary in Mississippi?

Anything over $40,120 pays more than half the jobs in Mississippi. $60,180 puts you in the top quarter and $84,500 in the top 10%.

A single person on the median keeps about $2,795 a month after federal, state and FICA tax.

What are the highest-paying jobs in Mississippi?

By median pay: internal medicine physicians ($325,610), pathologists ($261,570), emergency medicine physicians ($252,960), family medicine physicians ($235,630) and psychiatrists ($213,680). The table on this page lists the top 25.

What are the most common jobs in Mississippi?

By number of jobs: retail salespersons ($28,640), fast food or counter workers ($22,610), laborers or material movers ($36,400), cashiers ($26,390) and registered nurses ($77,090), with the median pay for each.

Sources

Where this data comes from

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsMay 2025 estimates, cross-industry, wage and salary workersMay 2025 ↗IRS and state revenue departments2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, FICA and state schedules2026 ↗BEA Regional Price ParitiesPrice level of Mississippi against a national 1002024 ↗Census American Community SurveyMedian household income, 2020-2024 5-year estimates2020-2024 ↗

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