Legal Support Workers, All Other in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,975
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$10,955
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,522
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
$55,930
Kept after tax
$44,975
Worth in national money
$51,522
State rank
38
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays legal support workers, all other a middle wage of $55,930, 38 of 45 states and about 22.44% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 486 occupations Mississippi reports figures for, this is number 185.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $55,930 you keep $44,975, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $51,522 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $62,500, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Mississippi's $55,930 median for legal support workers, all other places it 38 of 45 states, about 22.44% 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.
- In Mississippi's occupational distribution, legal support workers, all other sits at 185 of 486 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for legal support workers, all other on $55,930 is $44,975. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $51,522 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 $62,500 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Legal Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,210 |
| This salary | $55,930 |
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 | $44,975 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,120 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,032 |
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 | $53,260 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,667 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,930 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,130 and the ninetieth is $88,210 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $44,975 take-home in Mississippi comes from $55,930. 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 185 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,522 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 185.
- The Mississippi median of $55,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,130 to $88,210. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $44,975, from $55,930, 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 185 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,522, worked from $55,930, 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 185 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 $62,500, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,130 at the bottom tenth to $88,210 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Mississippi sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $51,522 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $44,975.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $62,500. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,130) and the ninetieth ($88,210) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $51,522 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 $44,975 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.