Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,592
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$9,288
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,356
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
$48,880
Kept after tax
$39,592
Worth in national money
$45,356
State rank
48
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $48,880, ranking 48 of 50 states — about 22.02% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 241 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,880 the take-home is $39,592; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,356 would nationally. The average comes to $49,960, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi ranks 48 of 50 for kindergarten teachers, except special education, with a median of $48,880 — about 22.02% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 241 of 486 in Mississippi places kindergarten teachers, except special education 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.
- Post-tax income for kindergarten teachers, except special education in Mississippi, on $48,880, is $39,592 — equivalent to $45,356 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $49,960 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,110 |
| This salary | $48,880 |
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 | $39,592 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,455 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,695 |
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 | $46,561 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,260 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,880 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,980 and the ninetieth is $60,110 — 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 $39,592, worked from $48,880. 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 241 of 486.
- Two cautions on $45,356, the adjusted value of that $48,880 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Mississippi. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 241 of 486 locally.
- The Mississippi median of $48,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,980 to $60,110. 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 $39,592, on $48,880 for work ranking 241 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 241 of 486 in the state.
- This $45,356 adjusted figure, worked from $48,880, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 241 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 241 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,980 at the bottom tenth to $60,110 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 $45,356 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, $39,592 remains.
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 ($37,980 to $60,110) 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 $45,356 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 $39,592 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.