Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Salaries

Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.0) - BLS OEWS May 2025

Observed metro pay change

What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025

May 2024 → May 2025
  • BLS's published All Occupations median in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS moved from $41,610 in May 2024 to $43,470 in May 2025 (+4.5%).
  • Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
  • Gulfport-Biloxi, MS sits +1.4 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.

Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Waiters and Waitresses publishes $22,600 here versus $35,230 nationally (-35.9%; 3,910metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $22,820 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-26.9%).

  1. Waiters and Waitresses$22,600 in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS sits 35.9% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,910 published local jobs).
  2. Fast Food and Counter Workers$22,820 in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS sits 26.9% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,520 published local jobs).
  3. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$29,700 in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS sits 19.4% below the national Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $36,840 (2,250 published local jobs).
  4. Registered Nurses$78,960 in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS sits 19.1% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,740 published local jobs).

Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 25060 · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $52K mean

MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL

  • MEAN-TRACE #438/528
  • RPP-LOW 90.0
  • OCC-MID 386 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $352K
  • EMP-MIX General and…
  • TREND-INLINE +1.4 pp
  • PHOTO-FINISH Johnstown, PA
  • BOOK-FULL 379 rows · May 2025

Read with Johnstown, PA (+$51 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living

Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.

Published-row mean neighbourhood around Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KGulfport-Biloxi, MS · this MSA: $52KGulfport-Biloxi, MS · this M…$52KJohnstown, PA · near: $52KJohnstown, PA · near$52KNorthwest Nebraska n… · near: $52KNorthwest Nebraska n… · near$52KTwin Falls, ID · near: $52KTwin Falls, ID · near$52KAlbany, GA · near: $52KAlbany, GA · near$52KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
Read the chart as text
Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS · this MSA $52K
Johnstown, PA · near $52K
Northwest Nebraska n… · near $52K
Twin Falls, ID · near $52K
Albany, GA · near $52K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Where Gulfport-Biloxi, MS already employs the upper wage tier

General and Operations Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Gulfport-Biloxi, MS's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. General and Operations Managers 1,250 jobs · $107,480
  2. 2. Nurse Practitioners 600 jobs · $128,150
  3. 3. Financial Managers 490 jobs · $115,320
  4. 4. Pharmacists 470 jobs · $137,940
  5. 5. Industrial Production Managers 370 jobs · $126,570
  6. 6. Electrical Engineers 270 jobs · $107,580
  7. 7. Physicians, All Other 260 jobs · $352,230
  8. 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 250 jobs · $127,460
  9. 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 220 jobs · $139,730
  10. 10. Engineers, All Other 200 jobs · $136,990
  11. 11. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 170 jobs · $122,100
  12. 12. Facilities Managers 170 jobs · $105,910
  13. 13. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $135,390
  14. 14. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $121,470
  15. 15. General Internal Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $334,330
  16. 16. Purchasing Managers 80 jobs · $131,330
  17. 17. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 80 jobs · $114,400
  18. 18. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $311,740

Occupations Tracked

386

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$52,164

employment-weighted, 379 complete rows

Top Salary

$352,230

Physicians, All Other

Cost of Living

90.0

10% below US avg

Price-level adjustment: Dividing the derived published-row mean of $52,164 by the metro RPP gives $57,956 on a national-price basis. This is not an after-tax income or a personal cost-of-living result.

Top-pay occupations in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, by employment

Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 General and Operations Managers $107,480
2 Nurse Practitioners $128,150
3 Financial Managers $115,320
4 Pharmacists $137,940
5 Industrial Production Managers $126,570
6 Electrical Engineers $107,580
7 Physicians, All Other $352,230
8 Computer and Information Systems Managers $127,460
9 Architectural and Engineering Managers $139,730
10 Engineers, All Other $136,990
11 Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers $122,100
12 Facilities Managers $105,910
13 Dentists, General $135,390
14 Human Resources Managers $121,470
15 General Internal Medicine Physicians $334,330
16 Purchasing Managers $131,330
17 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer $114,400
18 Family Medicine Physicians $311,740
19 Gambling Managers $121,420
20 Physician Assistants $105,920
21 Nurse Anesthetists $230,160
22 Chief Executives $159,120
23 Aerospace Engineers $125,580
24 Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists $113,800
25 Computer Network Architects $108,160

Lowest Paying Jobs in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Other BLS Wage Areas in MS

Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.

Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale

Two OEWS peer sets outside MS. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($52,164 here) and summed published employment.

Similar mean wage

Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.

Similar employment scale

Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the lower price level do to Gulfport-Biloxi, MS wage reading?
The employment-weighted published-row mean across 379 occupation rows is $52,164/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). BEA RPP 90.0 puts local prices 10% below the US average, so the same mean reads as $57,956 in national-price terms. Page lists 386 occupations with a published median — a different denominator. The top-tier median average of the 25 highest-paying rows is $152,811.
What is the highest paying job in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS?
The highest paying occupation in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is Physicians, All Other with a median salary of $352,230/year. The second highest is General Internal Medicine Physicians at $334,330/year.
What jobs pay the least in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS?
The lowest paying occupation in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers with a median salary of $22,030/year according to BLS data.
Which federal tables feed Gulfport-Biloxi, MS's wage and price figures?
Occupation wages are BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for this metropolitan statistical area. The price-level figure is BEA Regional Price Parities for the matching metro area (latest published year on the page). WageDex divides the employment-weighted published-row mean by RPP only when both inputs exist; it does not substitute a national RPP.

Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025. Cost-of-living index: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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