Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,423
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$7,997
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,580
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
$43,420
Kept after tax
$35,423
Worth in national money
$40,580
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays this job a middle wage of $43,420, 47 of 51 states and about 6.46% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 301 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,420 you keep $35,423, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,580 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $42,860, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Mississippi's $43,420 median for industrial truck and tractor operators places it 47 of 51 states, about 6.46% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 301 of 486 in Mississippi places industrial truck and tractor operators 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 industrial truck and tractor operators on $43,420 is $35,423. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,580 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 $42,860 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,260 |
| This salary | $43,420 |
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 | $35,423 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,068 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,435 |
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 | $41,373 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,944 |
| 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 $43,420. The published range is $32,390 up to $51,260, 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 $35,423, worked from $43,420. 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 301 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,580 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 301.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial truck and tractor operators in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,390 to $51,260. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Mississippi take-home of $35,423, on $43,420 for work ranking 301 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 301 of 486 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,580, worked from $43,420, 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 301 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,390 at the bottom tenth to $51,260 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $40,580 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, $35,423 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,390 to $51,260) 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 $40,580 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 $35,423 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.