Audiologists in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,493
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$18,247
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,591
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
$80,740
Kept after tax
$62,493
Worth in national money
$71,591
State rank
45
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays audiologists a middle wage of $80,740, 45 of 49 states and about 15.7% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Mississippi. It ranks 74 out of 486 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $80,740 you keep $62,493, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $71,591 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $78,510, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Mississippi's $80,740 median for audiologists places it 45 of 49 states, about 15.7% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Mississippi, audiologists ranks 74 of 486 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for audiologists on $80,740 is $62,493. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $71,591 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $78,510 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,990 |
| This salary | $80,740 |
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 | $62,493 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,631 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,052 |
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 | $76,280 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,597 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,740 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,410 and the ninetieth is $94,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $62,493, worked from $80,740. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 74 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,591, the adjusted value of that $80,740 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 74 of 486 in the state.
- The Mississippi median of $80,740 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,410 to $94,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Mississippi take-home of $62,493, on $80,740 for work ranking 74 of 486 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 74 of 486 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $71,591 — the adjusted value of that $80,740 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 74 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $60,410 and the top tenth $94,990, so most people doing this work in Mississippi sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Mississippi is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $71,591 in national terms.
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 $62,493.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($60,410 to $94,990) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Mississippi rather than a national figure.
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 $71,591 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 $62,493 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.