Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,078
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$17,022
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,824
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
$77,100
Kept after tax
$60,078
Worth in national money
$68,824
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $77,100, ranking 27 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 486 occupations Mississippi reports, this job comes in at 86 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,100 you keep $60,078, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $68,824 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $76,190, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Mississippi occupies the middle band for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators: a median of $77,100, ranking 27 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ranks 86 of 486 occupations by median in Mississippi, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators on $77,100 is $60,078. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $68,824 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 $76,190 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,850 |
| This salary | $77,100 |
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 | $60,078 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,070 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,921 |
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 | $72,847 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,416 |
| 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 claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators in Mississippi earn under $77,100 and half over. The published range runs $48,680 at the tenth percentile to $100,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $60,078, from $77,100, 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 86 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 $68,824 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 86.
- Figures are distribution medians for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,680 to $100,850; 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 $60,078 from $77,100. 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 86 of 486 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,824, worked from $77,100, 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 86 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,680 at the bottom tenth to $100,850 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $68,824 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $60,078 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,680 to $100,850) 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 $68,824 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 $60,078 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.