Computer Network Support Specialists in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,686
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$12,724
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,064
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
$63,410
Kept after tax
$50,686
Worth in national money
$58,064
State rank
38
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $63,410. That is 38 of 48 states, and about 16.81% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 127 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $63,410 you keep $50,686 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $58,064 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $65,590, since top earners drag the number up.
- For computer network support specialists, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $63,410, ranking 38 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 16.81%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 127 of 486 in Mississippi places computer network support specialists 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.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $50,686 after the full tax stack, from $63,410. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,064 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $65,590 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Network Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,530 |
| This salary | $63,410 |
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 | $50,686 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,130 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,390 |
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 | $60,368 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,243 |
| 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 computer network support specialists in Mississippi earn under $63,410 and half over. The published range runs $37,320 at the tenth percentile to $97,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,686 take-home in Mississippi comes from $63,410. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 127 of 486.
- Two cautions on $58,064, the adjusted value of that $63,410 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 127 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer network support specialists in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,320 to $97,530; 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.
- Retained pay of $50,686, from $63,410, assumes a single Mississippi filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 127 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 48 for it.
- This $58,064 adjusted figure, worked from $63,410, 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 127 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 127 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 $65,590 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,320 and the top tenth $97,530 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $58,064 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, $50,686 remains.
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 $65,590. 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 ($37,320) and the ninetieth ($97,530) 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 $58,064 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 $50,686 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.