Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,384
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$7,056
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,099
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
$39,440
Kept after tax
$32,384
Worth in national money
$37,099
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 $39,440, ranking 48 of 51 states — about 20.24% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 486 occupations Mississippi reports figures for, this is number 333.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $39,440 you keep $32,384, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $37,099 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $41,280, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Mississippi ranks 48 of 51 for hazardous materials removal workers, with a median of $39,440 — about 20.24% 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.
- In Mississippi's occupational distribution, hazardous materials removal workers sits at 333 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 hazardous materials removal workers on $39,440 is $32,384. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $37,099 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 $41,280 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,030 |
| This salary | $39,440 |
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 | $32,384 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,870 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,244 |
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 | $37,591 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,714 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,440 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,600 and the ninetieth is $48,030 — 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 $32,384, worked from $39,440. 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 333 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,099, the adjusted value of that $39,440 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 333 of 486 in the state.
- The Mississippi median of $39,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,600 to $48,030. 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 $32,384, on $39,440 for work ranking 333 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 333 of 486 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $37,099 — the adjusted value of that $39,440 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 333 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 $41,280, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,600 and the top tenth $48,030, so most people doing this work in Mississippi sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Mississippi sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $37,099 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $32,384.
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 $41,280. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,600 to $48,030) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Mississippi rather than a national figure.
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 $37,099 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 $32,384 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.