Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $19,620 here versus $35,230 nationally (-44.3%; 2,900metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $25,560 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-28.6%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$19,620 in Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 44.3% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,900 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$25,560 in Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 28.6% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,700 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$22,290 in Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 28.6% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (5,980 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$23,660 in Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits 28.0% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (6,210 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2800006 · Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #493/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 440 occs
- TOP-LEAD Orthopedic Sur… · $543K
- EMP-MIX Education Ad…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH East Kentucky no…
- BOOK-FULL 435 rows · May 2025
Read with East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area (+$8 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 Upper East Mississippi nonm…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Education Administrators, Postsecondary and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 920 jobs · $102,460
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 900 jobs · $121,810
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 610 jobs · $107,610
- 4. Pharmacists 550 jobs · $133,130
- 5. Physicians, All Other 440 jobs · $300,090
- 6. Administrative Services Managers 310 jobs · $105,860
- 7. Sales Managers 270 jobs · $109,570
- 8. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 220 jobs · $131,430
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 210 jobs · $113,140
- 10. Emergency Medicine Physicians 190 jobs · $174,990
- 11. Electrical Engineers 180 jobs · $101,430
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 150 jobs · $142,190
- 13. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $179,800
- 14. Nurse Anesthetists 100 jobs · $194,770
- 15. Power Plant Operators 100 jobs · $102,640
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $236,240
- 17. Purchasing Managers 70 jobs · $126,440
- 18. Optometrists 60 jobs · $104,240
Occupations Tracked
440
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$48,873
employment-weighted, 435 complete rows
Top Salary
$543,400
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
Top-pay occupations in Upper 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 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $102,460 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $121,810 |
| 3 | Industrial Production Managers | $107,610 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $133,130 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $300,090 |
| 6 | Administrative Services Managers | $105,860 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $109,570 |
| 8 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $131,430 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $113,140 |
| 10 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $174,990 |
| 11 | Electrical Engineers | $101,430 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $142,190 |
| 13 | Dentists, General | $179,800 |
| 14 | Nurse Anesthetists | $194,770 |
| 15 | Power Plant Operators | $102,640 |
| 16 | Family Medicine Physicians | $236,240 |
| 17 | Purchasing Managers | $126,440 |
| 18 | Optometrists | $104,240 |
| 19 | Financial Risk Specialists | $133,440 |
| 20 | Environmental Engineers | $115,210 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $149,430 |
| 22 | Chief Executives | $131,020 |
| 23 | Chemical Engineers | $113,880 |
| 24 | Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | $101,120 |
| 25 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $543,400 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $15,080 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $18,210 |
| School Bus Monitors | $18,760 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $19,620 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $21,090 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $21,120 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | $21,330 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $21,700 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,760 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,240 |
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 ($48,873 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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