Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,791
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$10,589
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,166
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
$54,380
Kept after tax
$43,791
Worth in national money
$50,166
State rank
40
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for maintenance workers, machinery. The middle earner takes $54,380, ranking 40 of 46 states — about 10.63% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 486 occupations Mississippi reports figures for, this is number 196.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $54,380 you keep $43,791 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,166 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $54,290.
- Mississippi ranks 40 of 46 for maintenance workers, machinery, with a median of $54,380 — about 10.63% 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.
- In Mississippi's occupational distribution, maintenance workers, machinery sits at 196 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.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $43,791 after the full tax stack, from $54,380. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,166 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $54,290 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Maintenance Workers, Machinery
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,820 |
| This salary | $54,380 |
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 | $43,791 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,874 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,958 |
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 | $51,787 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,578 |
| 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 maintenance workers, machinery in Mississippi earn under $54,380 and half over. The published range runs $36,120 at the tenth percentile to $72,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $43,791, worked from $54,380. 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 196 of 486.
- Two cautions on $50,166, the adjusted value of that $54,380 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 196 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for maintenance workers, machinery in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,120 to $72,820; 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.
- The Mississippi take-home of $43,791, on $54,380 for work ranking 196 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 196 of 486 in the state.
- This $50,166 adjusted figure, worked from $54,380, 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 196 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 196 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,120 at the tenth percentile, $72,820 at the ninetieth.
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 $50,166 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 $43,791.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,120 to $72,820) 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 $50,166 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 $43,791 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.