Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
Registered Nurses publishes $65,040 here versus $97,550 nationally (-33.3%; 3,270metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $21,980 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-33.2%).
- Registered Nurses$65,040 in Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 33.3% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,270 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$21,980 in Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 33.2% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (4,010 published local jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$30,520 in Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 31.6% below the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (2,760 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$21,890 in Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 29.8% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,430 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2800008 · Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $46K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #519/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 344 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $262K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Brownsville-Harl…
- BOOK-FULL 342 rows · May 2025
Read with Brownsville-Harlingen, TX (+$389 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Lower East Mississippi nonm…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,020 jobs · $103,920
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 520 jobs · $109,990
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 440 jobs · $91,150
- 4. Financial Managers 410 jobs · $100,700
- 5. Pharmacists 320 jobs · $132,670
- 6. Industrial Production Managers 280 jobs · $121,110
- 7. Physical Therapists 200 jobs · $99,560
- 8. Construction Managers 180 jobs · $94,060
- 9. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $112,640
- 10. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $261,830
- 11. Occupational Therapists 130 jobs · $92,130
- 12. Nurse Anesthetists 120 jobs · $194,770
- 13. Administrative Services Managers 110 jobs · $93,320
- 14. Civil Engineers 100 jobs · $90,980
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $104,750
- 16. Dentists, General 80 jobs · $161,720
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 60 jobs · $256,620
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $137,520
Occupations Tracked
344
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$45,829
employment-weighted, 342 complete rows
Top Salary
$261,830
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, 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 | $103,920 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $109,990 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $91,150 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $100,700 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $132,670 |
| 6 | Industrial Production Managers | $121,110 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $99,560 |
| 8 | Construction Managers | $94,060 |
| 9 | Sales Managers | $112,640 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $261,830 |
| 11 | Occupational Therapists | $92,130 |
| 12 | Nurse Anesthetists | $194,770 |
| 13 | Administrative Services Managers | $93,320 |
| 14 | Civil Engineers | $90,980 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $104,750 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $161,720 |
| 17 | Family Medicine Physicians | $256,620 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $137,520 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $101,990 |
| 20 | Marketing Managers | $92,790 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers | $91,700 |
| 22 | Chief Executives | $137,500 |
| 23 | Boilermakers | $105,910 |
| 24 | Purchasing Managers | $116,290 |
| 25 | Postmasters and Mail Superintendents | $93,130 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $18,080 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $18,620 |
| School Bus Monitors | $20,570 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $20,760 |
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | $20,800 |
| Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians | $20,920 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $21,840 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $21,860 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $21,890 |
| Cashiers | $21,980 |
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 ($45,829 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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