Jackson, MS Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 89.0) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Jackson, MS moved from $42,010 in May 2024 to $42,850 in May 2025 (+2.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Jackson, MS sits -1.1 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Jackson, MS
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators publishes $63,170 here versus $44,650 nationally (+41.5%; 4,810metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $21,440 locally versus $35,230 nationally (-39.1%).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$63,170 in Jackson, MS sits 41.5% above the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (4,810 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$21,440 in Jackson, MS sits 39.1% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,750 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$23,130 in Jackson, MS sits 35.4% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (7,800 published local jobs).
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$23,610 in Jackson, MS sits 33.5% below the national Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $35,510 (2,270 published local jobs).
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Jackson, MS; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 27140 · Jackson, MS $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #411/528
- RPP-LOW 89.0
- OCC-MOST 453 occs
- TOP-LEAD General Intern… · $333K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Altoona, PA
- BOOK-FULL 442 rows · May 2025
Read with Altoona, PA (+$14 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 Jackson, MS
Where Jackson, MS already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary lead published employment inside Jackson, MS's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 3,030 jobs · $114,190
- 2. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 1,330 jobs · $175,090
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 1,310 jobs · $124,730
- 4. Pharmacists 860 jobs · $132,080
- 5. Financial Managers 840 jobs · $119,580
- 6. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 580 jobs · $105,870
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 570 jobs · $128,800
- 8. Sales Managers 550 jobs · $123,700
- 9. Industrial Production Managers 390 jobs · $116,130
- 10. Managers, All Other 280 jobs · $114,160
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 220 jobs · $137,010
- 12. Electrical Engineers 210 jobs · $105,400
- 13. Human Resources Managers 200 jobs · $105,770
- 14. Dentists, General 170 jobs · $149,990
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 140 jobs · $200,500
- 16. Chief Executives 110 jobs · $149,490
- 17. Emergency Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $297,790
- 18. Optometrists 60 jobs · $122,770
Occupations Tracked
453
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,154
employment-weighted, 442 complete rows
Top Salary
$333,460
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
89.0
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Jackson, 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 | $114,190 |
| 2 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $175,090 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,730 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $132,080 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $119,580 |
| 6 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $105,870 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $128,800 |
| 8 | Sales Managers | $123,700 |
| 9 | Industrial Production Managers | $116,130 |
| 10 | Managers, All Other | $114,160 |
| 11 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $137,010 |
| 12 | Electrical Engineers | $105,400 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $105,770 |
| 14 | Dentists, General | $149,990 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $200,500 |
| 16 | Chief Executives | $149,490 |
| 17 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $297,790 |
| 18 | Optometrists | $122,770 |
| 19 | Commercial Pilots | $119,990 |
| 20 | Natural Sciences Managers | $110,250 |
| 21 | Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers | $105,410 |
| 22 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $115,540 |
| 23 | Actuaries | $106,250 |
| 24 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $333,460 |
| 25 | Nurse Anesthetists | $237,440 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Jackson, MS
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $21,280 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $21,440 |
| Childcare Workers | $21,770 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $21,990 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,310 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,630 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,640 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $22,640 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $22,970 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $23,130 |
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 ($53,154 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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