Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,499
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$28,901
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$95,655
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
$112,400
Kept after tax
$83,499
Worth in national money
$95,655
State rank
31
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Mississippi pays this job around $112,400 at the midpoint, 31 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Mississippi this is well-paid work. Of 486 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 15 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $112,400 you keep $83,499 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $95,655 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $111,650.
- For electronics engineers, except computer the Mississippi median is $112,400, ranking 31 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Mississippi publishes a median for, electronics engineers, except computer sits 15 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 $83,499 after the full tax stack, from $112,400. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $95,655 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $111,650 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $112,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,110 |
| This salary | $112,400 |
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 | $83,499 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,903 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,196 |
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 | $106,140 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,178 |
| 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 $112,400. The published range is $74,340 up to $155,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $83,499, worked from $112,400. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 15 of 486.
- Two cautions on $95,655, the adjusted value of that $112,400 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 15 of 486 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for electronics engineers, except computer in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $74,340 to $155,110. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Mississippi take-home of $83,499, on $112,400 for work ranking 15 of 486 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 15 of 486 in the state.
- This $95,655 adjusted figure, worked from $112,400, 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 15 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 15 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $74,340 and the top tenth $155,110, so most people doing this work in Mississippi sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $95,655.
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, $83,499 remains.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($74,340 to $155,110) 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 $95,655 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 $83,499 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.