Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,056
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$6,954
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,723
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
$39,010
Kept after tax
$32,056
Worth in national money
$36,723
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $39,010. That is 51 of 51 states, and about 22.43% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Mississippi, this sits in the middle: 341 of 486 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,010 you keep $32,056 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,723 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $42,090, since top earners drag the number up.
- For health technologists and technicians, all other, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $39,010, ranking 51 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 22.43%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Health technologists and technicians, all other ranks 341 of 486 occupations in Mississippi by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $32,056 after the full tax stack, from $39,010. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,723 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $42,090 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,950 |
| This salary | $39,010 |
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 | $32,056 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,525 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,224 |
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 | $37,182 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,689 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,010 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,690 and the ninetieth is $54,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $32,056 take-home in Mississippi comes from $39,010. 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 341 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,723 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 341.
- The Mississippi median of $39,010 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,690 to $54,950. 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 $32,056, from $39,010, 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 341 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 51 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,723, worked from $39,010, 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 341 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 $42,090, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,690 at the tenth percentile, $54,950 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,723 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, $32,056 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 $42,090. 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 ($30,690 to $54,950) 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 $36,723 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 $32,056 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.