Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $23,040 here versus $35,800 nationally (-35.6%; 2,260metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $22,860 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-30.5%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$23,040 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 35.6% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,260 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$22,860 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 30.5% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,550 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$27,300 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 22.9% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,660 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$56,710 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 3.3% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,290 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2800007 · Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #499/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 280 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $496K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Enid, OK
- BOOK-MOST 277 rows · May 2025
Read with Enid, OK (+$29 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 West Mississippi nonm…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Civil Engineers lead published employment inside Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 600 jobs · $106,290
- 2. Civil Engineers 430 jobs · $116,770
- 3. Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 330 jobs · $106,810
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 320 jobs · $121,330
- 5. Financial Managers 220 jobs · $122,000
- 6. Project Management Specialists 220 jobs · $99,510
- 7. Pharmacists 190 jobs · $131,870
- 8. Mechanical Engineers 190 jobs · $105,980
- 9. Physical Therapists 130 jobs · $99,250
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 120 jobs · $121,200
- 11. Computer Occupations, All Other 110 jobs · $112,260
- 12. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $123,220
- 13. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $495,550
- 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $163,110
- 15. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $108,930
- 16. Industrial Engineers 80 jobs · $98,730
- 17. Administrative Services Managers 80 jobs · $96,230
- 18. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $121,210
Occupations Tracked
280
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$48,430
employment-weighted, 277 complete rows
Top Salary
$495,550
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Lower West 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 | $106,290 |
| 2 | Civil Engineers | $116,770 |
| 3 | Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels | $106,810 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $121,330 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $122,000 |
| 6 | Project Management Specialists | $99,510 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $131,870 |
| 8 | Mechanical Engineers | $105,980 |
| 9 | Physical Therapists | $99,250 |
| 10 | Industrial Production Managers | $121,200 |
| 11 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $112,260 |
| 12 | Sales Managers | $123,220 |
| 13 | Physicians, All Other | $495,550 |
| 14 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $163,110 |
| 15 | Electrical Engineers | $108,930 |
| 16 | Industrial Engineers | $98,730 |
| 17 | Administrative Services Managers | $96,230 |
| 18 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $121,210 |
| 19 | Managers, All Other | $116,580 |
| 20 | Facilities Managers | $105,440 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $166,640 |
| 22 | Software Developers | $99,020 |
| 23 | Family Medicine Physicians | $275,020 |
| 24 | Veterinarians | $101,360 |
| 25 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $122,660 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $20,730 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $20,760 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $20,800 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $20,810 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $21,130 |
| Childcare Workers | $21,440 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $21,630 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $21,930 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $21,970 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $22,020 |
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 ($48,430 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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