First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,317
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$13,593
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,079
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
$66,910
Kept after tax
$53,317
Worth in national money
$61,079
State rank
49
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 $66,910, 49 of 51 states and about 16.28% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Mississippi. It ranks 118 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 $66,910 the take-home is $53,317; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $61,079 would nationally. The average comes to $72,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi's $66,910 median for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers places it 49 of 51 states, about 16.28% 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, first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers ranks 118 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 first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in Mississippi, on $66,910, is $53,317 — equivalent to $61,079 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 $72,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,750 |
| This salary | $66,910 |
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 | $53,317 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,901 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,552 |
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 | $63,643 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,907 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in Mississippi earn under $66,910 and half over. The published range runs $45,930 at the tenth percentile to $103,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $53,317, from $66,910, 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 118 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 $61,079 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 118.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,930 to $103,750; 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.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $53,317 from $66,910. 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 118 of 486 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,079, worked from $66,910, 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 118 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 $72,400, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $45,930 and the top tenth $103,750 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,079 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 $53,317 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $72,400. 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 ($45,930) and the ninetieth ($103,750) 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 $61,079 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 $53,317 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.