Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,486
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$11,424
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,254
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
$57,910
Kept after tax
$46,486
Worth in national money
$53,254
State rank
44
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $57,910, ranking 44 of 49 states — about 12.62% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 174 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,910 the take-home is $46,486; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,254 would nationally. The average lands at $57,060, below the middle of the range.
- Mississippi ranks 44 of 49 for career/technical education teachers, secondary school, with a median of $57,910 — about 12.62% 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.
- Position 174 of 486 in Mississippi places career/technical education teachers, secondary school in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Mississippi, on $57,910, is $46,486 — equivalent to $53,254 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $57,060 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,400 |
| This salary | $57,910 |
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 | $46,486 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,711 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,127 |
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 | $55,142 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,782 |
| 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 career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Mississippi earn under $57,910 and half over. The published range runs $47,300 at the tenth percentile to $70,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $46,486, worked from $57,910. 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 174 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,254, the adjusted value of that $57,910 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 174 of 486 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,300 to $70,400; 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.
- The Mississippi take-home of $46,486, on $57,910 for work ranking 174 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 174 of 486 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $53,254 — the adjusted value of that $57,910 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 174 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,300 at the tenth percentile, $70,400 at the ninetieth.
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 $53,254 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 $46,486.
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 ($47,300 to $70,400) 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 $53,254 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 $46,486 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.