Dental Hygienists in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,562
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$13,718
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,360
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
$67,280
Kept after tax
$53,562
Worth in national money
$61,360
State rank
49
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dental hygienists is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $67,280. That is 49 of 50 states, and about 31.42% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Mississippi. It ranks 116 out of 486 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $67,280 you keep $53,562, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,360 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $68,630, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For dental hygienists, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $67,280, ranking 49 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 31.42%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Mississippi, dental hygienists ranks 116 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.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for dental hygienists on $67,280 is $53,562. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,360 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 $68,630 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,320 |
| This salary | $67,280 |
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 | $53,562 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,161 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,566 |
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 | $63,948 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,925 |
| 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 dental hygienists in Mississippi earn under $67,280 and half over. The published range runs $58,810 at the tenth percentile to $83,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $53,562, from $67,280, 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 116 of 486 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $61,360, the adjusted value of that $67,280 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 116 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dental hygienists in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,810 to $83,320; 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 $53,562 from $67,280. 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 116 of 486 locally.
- This $61,360 adjusted figure, worked from $67,280, 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 116 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 116 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,810 at the bottom tenth to $83,320 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $61,360.
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, $53,562 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,810 to $83,320) 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 $61,360 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 $53,562 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.