Food Service Managers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,731
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$11,809
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,679
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
$59,540
Kept after tax
$47,731
Worth in national money
$54,679
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for food service managers is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $59,540. That is 49 of 51 states, and about 14.2% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 486 occupations Mississippi reports figures for, this is number 158.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $59,540 you keep $47,731, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $54,679 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $64,440, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For food service managers, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $59,540, ranking 49 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 14.2%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Mississippi's occupational distribution, food service managers sits at 158 of 486 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for food service managers on $59,540 is $47,731. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $54,679 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 $64,440 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Food Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,700 |
| This salary | $59,540 |
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 | $47,731 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,020 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,205 |
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 | $56,690 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,876 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,540 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,400 and the ninetieth is $89,700 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $47,731, worked from $59,540. 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 158 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,679 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 158.
- The Mississippi median of $59,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,400 to $89,700. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Mississippi take-home of $47,731, on $59,540 for work ranking 158 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 158 of 486 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,679, worked from $59,540, 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 158 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $64,440, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,400 at the bottom tenth to $89,700 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $54,679.
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 $47,731.
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 $64,440. 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 ($36,400) and the ninetieth ($89,700) 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 $54,679 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 $47,731 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.