First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,111
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$9,139
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,805
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
$48,250
Kept after tax
$39,111
Worth in national money
$44,805
State rank
50
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays this job a middle wage of $48,250, 50 of 50 states and about 48.41% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 251 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,250 the take-home is $39,111; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,805 would nationally. The average comes to $51,740, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi's $48,250 median for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers places it 50 of 50 states, about 48.41% 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.
- Position 251 of 486 in Mississippi places first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Mississippi, on $48,250, is $39,111 — equivalent to $44,805 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 $51,740 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,900 |
| This salary | $48,250 |
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 | $39,111 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,949 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,665 |
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 | $45,963 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,223 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,250 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,410 and the ninetieth is $72,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,111 take-home in Mississippi comes from $48,250. 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 251 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,805 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 251.
- The Mississippi median of $48,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,410 to $72,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,111, from $48,250, 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 251 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,805, worked from $48,250, 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 251 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 $51,740 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 $35,410 and the top tenth $72,900 — 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 $44,805 in national terms.
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, $39,111 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.
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 $51,740. 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 ($35,410) and the ninetieth ($72,900) 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 $44,805 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 $39,111 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.