Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,411
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$12,949
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,895
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
$64,360
Kept after tax
$51,411
Worth in national money
$58,895
State rank
10
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Mississippi pays this job a middle wage of $64,360, ranking 10 of 47 states and sitting about 10.89% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 124 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $64,360 you keep $51,411, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $58,895 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $60,140, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Mississippi's median for chemical equipment operators and tenders is $64,360, about 10.89% above the national figure and 10 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 124 of 486 in Mississippi places chemical equipment operators and tenders 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.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for chemical equipment operators and tenders on $64,360 is $51,411. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $58,895 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 $60,140 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,520 |
| This salary | $64,360 |
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 | $51,411 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,893 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,435 |
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 | $61,271 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,441 |
| 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 chemical equipment operators and tenders in Mississippi earn under $64,360 and half over. The published range runs $26,240 at the tenth percentile to $85,520 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $51,411, from $64,360, 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 124 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 $58,895 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 124.
- Figures are distribution medians for chemical equipment operators and tenders in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $26,240 to $85,520; 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 $51,411 from $64,360. 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 124 of 486 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,895, worked from $64,360, 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 124 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 $60,140, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $26,240 and the top tenth $85,520 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $58,895.
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, $51,411 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $60,140. 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 ($26,240) and the ninetieth ($85,520) 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 $58,895 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 $51,411 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.