Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,495
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$15,205
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,720
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
$71,700
Kept after tax
$56,495
Worth in national money
$64,720
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $71,700, ranking 33 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Mississippi this is well-paid work. Of 486 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 103 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $71,700 you keep $56,495 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $64,720 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $70,270.
- Mississippi occupies the middle band for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment: a median of $71,700, ranking 33 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Mississippi publishes a median for, electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment sits 103 of 486 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $56,495 after the full tax stack, from $71,700. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $64,720 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $70,270 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,180 |
| This salary | $71,700 |
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 | $56,495 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,271 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,725 |
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 | $67,754 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,146 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $71,700 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,200 and the ninetieth is $99,180 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $56,495, from $71,700, 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 103 of 486 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,720, the adjusted value of that $71,700 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 103 of 486 locally.
- The Mississippi median of $71,700 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,200 to $99,180. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $56,495 from $71,700. 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 103 of 486 locally.
- This $64,720 adjusted figure, worked from $71,700, 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 103 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 103 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $42,200 and the top tenth $99,180 — 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 $64,720 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Mississippi adds its own income tax on top — which is why $56,495 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($42,200) and the ninetieth ($99,180) 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 $64,720 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 $56,495 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.