Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,348
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$16,652
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,988
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
$76,000
Kept after tax
$59,348
Worth in national money
$67,988
State rank
45
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $76,000, ranking 45 of 48 states — about 24.44% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Mississippi. It ranks 90 out of 486 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $76,000 the take-home is $59,348; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,988 would nationally. The average comes to $83,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi ranks 45 of 48 for clinical and counseling psychologists, with a median of $76,000 — about 24.44% 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.
- Within Mississippi, clinical and counseling psychologists ranks 90 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.
- Post-tax income for clinical and counseling psychologists in Mississippi, on $76,000, is $59,348 — equivalent to $67,988 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 $83,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,160 |
| This salary | $76,000 |
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 | $59,348 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,296 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,881 |
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 | $71,810 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,361 |
| 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 clinical and counseling psychologists in Mississippi earn under $76,000 and half over. The published range runs $48,270 at the tenth percentile to $107,160 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 $59,348, worked from $76,000. 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 90 of 486.
- Two cautions on $67,988, the adjusted value of that $76,000 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Mississippi. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 90 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for clinical and counseling psychologists in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,270 to $107,160; 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 $59,348, on $76,000 for work ranking 90 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 90 of 486 in the state.
- This $67,988 adjusted figure, worked from $76,000, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 90 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 90 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $83,860 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $48,270, the highest tenth $107,160, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $67,988.
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 $59,348.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $83,860. 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 ($48,270) and the ninetieth ($107,160) 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 $67,988 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 $59,348 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.