First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,159
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$14,021
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,044
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
$68,180
Kept after tax
$54,159
Worth in national money
$62,044
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $68,180, ranking 48 of 51 states — about 22.1% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Mississippi this is well-paid work. Of 486 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 111 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $68,180 the take-home is $54,159; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $62,044 would nationally. The average comes to $79,710, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi ranks 48 of 51 for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers, with a median of $68,180 — about 22.1% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Mississippi publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers sits 111 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.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Mississippi, on $68,180, is $54,159 — equivalent to $62,044 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 $79,710 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $112,560 |
| This salary | $68,180 |
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 | $54,159 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,795 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,598 |
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 | $64,691 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,970 |
| 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 $68,180. The published range is $43,370 up to $112,560, 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 $54,159, worked from $68,180. 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 111 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,044, the adjusted value of that $68,180 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 111 of 486 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,370 to $112,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Mississippi take-home of $54,159, on $68,180 for work ranking 111 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 111 of 486 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $62,044 — the adjusted value of that $68,180 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 111 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 $79,710, 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 $43,370 and the top tenth $112,560 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $62,044.
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, $54,159 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $79,710. 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 ($43,370) and the ninetieth ($112,560) 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 $62,044 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 $54,159 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.