Information and Record Clerks, All Other in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,019
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$9,421
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,845
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
$49,440
Kept after tax
$40,019
Worth in national money
$45,845
State rank
28
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Mississippi pays this job around $49,440 at the midpoint, 28 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 235 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,440 you keep $40,019, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,845 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $48,460, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For information and record clerks, all other the Mississippi median is $49,440, ranking 28 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 235 of 486 in Mississippi places information and record clerks, all other 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 information and record clerks, all other on $49,440 is $40,019. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,845 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 $48,460 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,270 |
| This salary | $49,440 |
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 | $40,019 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,905 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,722 |
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 | $47,093 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,292 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,440 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,110 and the ninetieth is $63,270 — 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 $40,019, worked from $49,440. 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 235 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,845 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 235.
- The Mississippi median of $49,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,110 to $63,270. 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 $40,019, on $49,440 for work ranking 235 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 235 of 486 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,845, worked from $49,440, 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 235 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,110 and the top tenth $63,270, so most people doing this work in Mississippi sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $45,845.
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 $40,019.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,110 to $63,270) 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 $45,845 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 $40,019 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.