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title: "Average Salary in Mississippi"
description: "Mean $50,810, median $40,120 in Mississippi (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/mississippi"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Mississippi

Mean annual wage $50,810, median $40,120 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $46,140 (rank 51 of 51 by that measure; rank 51 nominal).

| Percentile | Mississippi | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $22,970 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $29,760 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $40,120 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $60,180 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $84,500 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 87.0 |
| Housing (rents) | 56.5 |
| Goods | 96.2 |
| Utilities | 78.4 |
| Other services | 96.1 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $96,610 | 47,430 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $81,750 | 14,360 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $75,000 | 15,920 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $66,630 | 86,090 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $66,540 | 48,720 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $64,770 | 8,200 |
| Legal | $62,130 | 6,140 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $49,290 | 69,600 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $49,130 | 58,320 |
| Construction and Extraction | $46,800 | 49,640 |
| Community and Social Service | $46,530 | 17,620 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $43,580 | 9,010 |
| Production | $41,000 | 98,260 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $38,210 | 146,470 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $37,940 | 122,680 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $37,510 | 4,300 |
| Protective Service | $37,390 | 33,630 |
| Sales | $30,340 | 108,970 |
| Healthcare Support | $29,360 | 51,050 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $28,910 | 33,600 |
| Personal Care and Service | $26,970 | 23,470 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $24,280 | 109,560 |

## Most common jobs

- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 38,400 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 31,220 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 30,750 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 30,490 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 29,060 workers
- [Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/truck-driver): 24,160 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 23,420 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 20,860 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 17,600 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 15,940 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $235,630 median
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $143,660 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $142,790 median
- [Health Specialties Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-specialties-teacher-postsecondary): $137,220 median
- [Pharmacist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacist): $133,230 median
- [Nurse Practitioner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-practitioner): $124,730 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $124,280 median
- [Industrial Production Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-production-manager): $118,660 median
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $111,390 median
- [Sales Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-manager): $108,750 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Upholsterer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/upholsterer): 16.01x the national share
- [Psychiatric Aide](https://nuecareer.com/careers/psychiatric-aide): 9.37x the national share
- [Logging Equipment Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/logging-equipment-operator): 7.77x the national share
- [Sawing Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender, Wood](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sawing-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-wood): 6.24x the national share
- [Grader and Sorter, Agricultural Products](https://nuecareer.com/careers/grader-and-sorter-agricultural-products): 6.04x the national share
- [Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutter and Trimmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/meat-poultry-and-fish-cutter-and-trimmer): 5.93x the national share
- [First-Line Supervisor of Gambling Services Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-gambling-services-workers): 5.30x the national share
- [Gambling Dealer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-dealer): 4.34x the national share
- [Millwright](https://nuecareer.com/careers/millwright): 4.23x the national share
- [Highway Maintenance Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/highway-maintenance-worker): 3.59x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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