Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,564
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$24,876
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,565
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
$100,440
Kept after tax
$75,564
Worth in national money
$86,565
State rank
41
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays this job a middle wage of $100,440, 41 of 48 states and about 8.08% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 486 occupations Mississippi reports, this job comes in at 30 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $100,440 the take-home is $75,564; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $86,565 would nationally. The average lands at $99,370, below the middle of the range.
- Mississippi's $100,440 median for engineering teachers, postsecondary places it 41 of 48 states, about 8.08% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Engineering teachers, postsecondary ranks 30 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 engineering teachers, postsecondary in Mississippi, on $100,440, is $75,564 — equivalent to $86,565 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 $99,370 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,490 |
| This salary | $100,440 |
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 | $75,564 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,490 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,764 |
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 | $94,860 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,581 |
| 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 $100,440. The published range is $48,890 up to $163,490, 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 $75,564, worked from $100,440. 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 30 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $86,565, the adjusted value of that $100,440 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 30 of 486 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for engineering teachers, postsecondary in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,890 to $163,490. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Mississippi take-home of $75,564, on $100,440 for work ranking 30 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 30 of 486 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $86,565 — the adjusted value of that $100,440 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 30 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,890 at the bottom tenth to $163,490 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $86,565 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 $75,564 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 48 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 ($48,890) and the ninetieth ($163,490) 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 $86,565 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 $75,564 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.