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
- 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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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%).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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
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. General and Operations Managers 1,250 jobs · $107,480
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 600 jobs · $128,150
- 3. Financial Managers 490 jobs · $115,320
- 4. Pharmacists 470 jobs · $137,940
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 370 jobs · $126,570
- 6. Electrical Engineers 270 jobs · $107,580
- 7. Physicians, All Other 260 jobs · $352,230
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 250 jobs · $127,460
- 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 220 jobs · $139,730
- 10. Engineers, All Other 200 jobs · $136,990
- 11. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 170 jobs · $122,100
- 12. Facilities Managers 170 jobs · $105,910
- 13. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $135,390
- 14. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $121,470
- 15. General Internal Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $334,330
- 16. Purchasing Managers 80 jobs · $131,330
- 17. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 80 jobs · $114,400
- 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
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
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,030 |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $22,070 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,290 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,600 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $22,700 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,820 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $22,950 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $23,000 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $23,410 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,460 |
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.
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How to use Gulfport-Biloxi, MS wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS at $352,230/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $52,164 adjusts to about $57,956 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 90.0. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for MS before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.