Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,938
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$4,442
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,423
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
$28,380
Kept after tax
$23,938
Worth in national money
$27,423
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 $28,380. That is 51 of 51 states, and about 22.96% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Measured against other jobs in Mississippi, this one sits low: 451 of 486 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $28,380 you keep $23,938 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $27,423 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $29,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- For janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $28,380, ranking 51 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 22.96%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners occupies position 451 of 486 in Mississippi's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $23,938 after the full tax stack, from $28,380. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $27,423 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $29,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $28,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,180 |
| This salary | $28,380 |
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 | $23,938 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $24,981 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,715 |
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 | $27,113 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,072 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners in Mississippi earn under $28,380 and half over. The published range runs $21,490 at the tenth percentile to $38,180 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $23,938 take-home in Mississippi comes from $28,380. 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 451 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $27,423, the adjusted value of that $28,380 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 451 of 486 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $21,490 to $38,180; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $23,938, from $28,380, 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 451 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 51 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $27,423 — the adjusted value of that $28,380 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 451 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $29,790, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $21,490 at the bottom tenth to $38,180 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 $27,423 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, $23,938 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $29,790. 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 ($21,490 to $38,180) 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 $27,423 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 $23,938 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.