Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,579
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$18,291
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,690
Mississippi costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Mississippi — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$80,870
Kept after tax
$62,579
Worth in national money
$71,690
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $80,870, ranking 47 of 51 states — about 18.54% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Mississippi this is well-paid work. Of 486 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 73 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $80,870 you keep $62,579 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $71,690 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $102,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- Mississippi ranks 47 of 51 for architects, except landscape and naval, with a median of $80,870 — about 18.54% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Mississippi publishes a median for, architects, except landscape and naval sits 73 of 486 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $62,579 after the full tax stack, from $80,870. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $71,690 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $102,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,970 |
| This salary | $80,870 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Mississippi | $62,579 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,722 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,057 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $76,403 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,604 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of architects, except landscape and naval in Mississippi earn under $80,870 and half over. The published range runs $53,860 at the tenth percentile to $163,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $62,579, from $80,870, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 73 of 486 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $71,690 uses one figure for the whole of Mississippi. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 486 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 73.
- Figures are distribution medians for architects, except landscape and naval in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,860 to $163,970; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,579 from $80,870. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 73 of 486 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $71,690, worked from $80,870, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Mississippi address, on work sitting at 73 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $102,820 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $53,860 and the top tenth $163,970 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Mississippi sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $71,690 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Mississippi then takes its own share, leaving $62,579.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Mississippi is $102,820. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($53,860) and the ninetieth ($163,970) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Mississippi's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $71,690 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $62,579 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Mississippi income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.