Financial Specialists, All Other in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,968
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$15,952
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,407
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
$73,920
Kept after tax
$57,968
Worth in national money
$66,407
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays financial specialists, all other a middle wage of $73,920, 40 of 50 states and about 8.85% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Mississippi. It ranks 99 out of 486 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $73,920 the take-home is $57,968; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $66,407 would nationally. The average comes to $77,460, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi's $73,920 median for financial specialists, all other places it 40 of 50 states, about 8.85% 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.
- Within Mississippi, financial specialists, all other ranks 99 of 486 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for financial specialists, all other in Mississippi, on $73,920, is $57,968 — equivalent to $66,407 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 $77,460 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,920 |
| This salary | $73,920 |
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 | $57,968 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,833 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,806 |
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 | $69,848 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,257 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of financial specialists, all other in Mississippi earn under $73,920 and half over. The published range runs $40,770 at the tenth percentile to $115,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $57,968 take-home in Mississippi comes from $73,920. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 99 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $66,407, the adjusted value of that $73,920 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 99 of 486 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial specialists, all other in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,770 to $115,920; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $57,968, from $73,920, assumes a single Mississippi filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 99 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $66,407 — the adjusted value of that $73,920 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 99 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $77,460, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $40,770, the highest tenth $115,920, 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 $66,407 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Mississippi then takes its own share, leaving $57,968.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $77,460. 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 ($40,770) and the ninetieth ($115,920) 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 $66,407 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 $57,968 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.