Database Architects in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,224
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$24,196
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,029
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
$98,420
Kept after tax
$74,224
Worth in national money
$85,029
State rank
46
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for database architects. The middle earner takes $98,420, ranking 46 of 46 states — about 29.45% 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 34 out of 486 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $98,420 you keep $74,224 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $85,029 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $98,030.
- Mississippi ranks 46 of 46 for database architects, with a median of $98,420 — about 29.45% 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, database architects ranks 34 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.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $74,224 after the full tax stack, from $98,420. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $85,029 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $98,030 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,340 |
| This salary | $98,420 |
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 | $74,224 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,068 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,691 |
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 | $92,955 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,480 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,420 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,030 and the ninetieth is $137,340 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,224 take-home in Mississippi comes from $98,420. 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 34 of 486.
- Two cautions on $85,029, the adjusted value of that $98,420 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 34 of 486 locally.
- The Mississippi median of $98,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,030 to $137,340. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $74,224, from $98,420, 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 34 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 46 for it.
- This $85,029 adjusted figure, worked from $98,420, 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 34 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 34 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $61,030, the highest tenth $137,340, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $85,029 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, $74,224 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,030) and the ninetieth ($137,340) 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 $85,029 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 $74,224 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.