Financial and Investment Analysts in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,723
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$17,857
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,709
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
$79,580
Kept after tax
$61,723
Worth in national money
$70,709
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays this job a middle wage of $79,580, 48 of 51 states and about 22.54% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Mississippi this is well-paid work. Of 486 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 78 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,580 you keep $61,723, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $70,709 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $87,580, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Mississippi's $79,580 median for financial and investment analysts places it 48 of 51 states, about 22.54% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Mississippi publishes a median for, financial and investment analysts sits 78 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.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for financial and investment analysts on $79,580 is $61,723. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $70,709 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 $87,580 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Financial and Investment Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,440 |
| This salary | $79,580 |
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 | $61,723 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,815 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,010 |
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 | $75,186 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,539 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,580 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,290 and the ninetieth is $132,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $61,723, from $79,580, 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 78 of 486 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,709 uses one figure for the whole of Mississippi. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 486 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 78.
- The Mississippi median of $79,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,290 to $132,440. 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 $61,723 from $79,580. 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 78 of 486 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,709, worked from $79,580, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Mississippi address, on work sitting at 78 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 $87,580 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $50,290 and the top tenth $132,440 — 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 $70,709 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $61,723 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $87,580. 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 ($50,290) and the ninetieth ($132,440) 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 $70,709 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 $61,723 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.