Electrical Engineers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,583
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$26,407
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,023
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
$104,990
Kept after tax
$78,583
Worth in national money
$90,023
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for electrical engineers. The middle earner takes $104,990, ranking 36 of 49 states — about 12.97% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 486 occupations Mississippi reports, electrical engineers comes in at 25 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $104,990 the take-home is $78,583; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $90,023 would nationally. The average comes to $108,700, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi ranks 36 of 49 for electrical engineers, with a median of $104,990 — about 12.97% 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.
- Electrical engineers ranks 25 of 486 occupations by median in Mississippi, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for electrical engineers in Mississippi, on $104,990, is $78,583 — equivalent to $90,023 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 $108,700 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,140 |
| This salary | $104,990 |
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 | $78,583 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,690 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,929 |
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 | $99,151 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,808 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Mississippi earn less than $104,990. The published range is $60,130 up to $156,140, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $78,583, from $104,990, 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 25 of 486 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $90,023, the adjusted value of that $104,990 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 25 of 486 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical engineers in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,130 to $156,140. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,583 from $104,990. 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 25 of 486 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $90,023 — the adjusted value of that $104,990 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 25 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 $108,700 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 $60,130, the highest tenth $156,140, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Mississippi is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $90,023 in national terms.
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 $78,583 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $108,700. 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 ($60,130) and the ninetieth ($156,140) 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 $90,023 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 $78,583 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.