Business Teachers, Postsecondary in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,136
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$16,544
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,745
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
$75,680
Kept after tax
$59,136
Worth in national money
$67,745
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $75,680. That is 48 of 51 states, and about 23.62% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Mississippi. It ranks 92 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 $75,680 you keep $59,136, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,745 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $88,140, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For business teachers, postsecondary, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $75,680, ranking 48 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 23.62%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Mississippi, business teachers, postsecondary ranks 92 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 business teachers, postsecondary on $75,680 is $59,136. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,745 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 $88,140 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Business Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,370 |
| This salary | $75,680 |
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 | $59,136 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,071 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,869 |
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 | $71,508 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,345 |
| 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 business teachers, postsecondary in Mississippi earn under $75,680 and half over. The published range runs $34,450 at the tenth percentile to $159,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $59,136, from $75,680, 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 92 of 486 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,745, the adjusted value of that $75,680 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 92 of 486 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for business teachers, postsecondary in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,450 to $159,370; 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 $59,136 from $75,680. 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 92 of 486 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $67,745 — the adjusted value of that $75,680 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 92 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $88,140, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $34,450, the highest tenth $159,370, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $67,745 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Mississippi's own levy, $59,136 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $88,140. 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 ($34,450) and the ninetieth ($159,370) 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 $67,745 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 $59,136 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.