Healthcare Social Workers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,800
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$12,450
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,050
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
$62,250
Kept after tax
$49,800
Worth in national money
$57,050
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for healthcare social workers is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $62,250. That is 39 of 51 states, and about 8.29% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Healthcare social workers ranks 134 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,250 you keep $49,800, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $57,050 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $60,300, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For healthcare social workers, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $62,250, ranking 39 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 8.29%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 134 of 486 in Mississippi places healthcare social 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.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for healthcare social workers on $62,250 is $49,800. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $57,050 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 $60,300 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Healthcare Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,520 |
| This salary | $62,250 |
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 | $49,800 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,198 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,334 |
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 | $59,266 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,033 |
| 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 $62,250. The published range is $39,770 up to $78,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $49,800, from $62,250, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 134 of 486 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,050, the adjusted value of that $62,250 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 134 of 486 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare social workers in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,770 to $78,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,800 from $62,250. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 134 of 486 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $57,050 — the adjusted value of that $62,250 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 134 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 $60,300, 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 — $39,770 at the tenth percentile, $78,520 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 $57,050 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, $49,800 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 $60,300. 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 ($39,770 to $78,520) 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 $57,050 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 $49,800 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.