Marriage and Family Therapists in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,546
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$9,894
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,595
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
$51,440
Kept after tax
$41,546
Worth in national money
$47,595
State rank
38
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays marriage and family therapists a middle wage of $51,440, 38 of 45 states and about 23.16% 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 210.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $51,440 the take-home is $41,546; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $47,595 would nationally. The average comes to $53,520, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi's $51,440 median for marriage and family therapists places it 38 of 45 states, about 23.16% 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, marriage and family therapists sits at 210 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.
- Post-tax income for marriage and family therapists in Mississippi, on $51,440, is $41,546 — equivalent to $47,595 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 $53,520 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,690 |
| This salary | $51,440 |
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 | $41,546 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,512 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,818 |
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 | $48,994 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,408 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,440 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,790 and the ninetieth is $59,690 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $41,546 take-home in Mississippi comes from $51,440. 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 210 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,595, the adjusted value of that $51,440 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 210 of 486 in the state.
- The Mississippi median of $51,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,790 to $59,690. 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 $41,546, from $51,440, 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 210 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $47,595 — the adjusted value of that $51,440 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 210 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $53,520 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,790 at the bottom tenth to $59,690 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 $47,595 in national terms.
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 $41,546.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $53,520. 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 ($47,790 to $59,690) 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 $47,595 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 $41,546 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.