Medical Records Specialists in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,957
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$7,543
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,901
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
$41,500
Kept after tax
$33,957
Worth in national money
$38,901
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays medical records specialists a middle wage of $41,500, 51 of 51 states and about 18.85% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Mississippi, this sits in the middle: 318 of 486 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $41,500 the take-home is $33,957; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $38,901 would nationally. The average comes to $44,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi's $41,500 median for medical records specialists places it 51 of 51 states, about 18.85% 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.
- Medical records specialists ranks 318 of 486 occupations in Mississippi by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for medical records specialists in Mississippi, on $41,500, is $33,957 — equivalent to $38,901 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 $44,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Records Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,580 |
| This salary | $41,500 |
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 | $33,957 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,525 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,343 |
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 | $39,549 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,833 |
| 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 medical records specialists in Mississippi earn under $41,500 and half over. The published range runs $31,010 at the tenth percentile to $61,580 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 $33,957, worked from $41,500. 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 318 of 486.
- Two cautions on $38,901, the adjusted value of that $41,500 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 318 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical records specialists in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,010 to $61,580; 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 $33,957, on $41,500 for work ranking 318 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 318 of 486 in the state.
- This $38,901 adjusted figure, worked from $41,500, 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 318 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 318 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 $44,380 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $31,010, the highest tenth $61,580, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $38,901 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 $33,957.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $44,380. 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 ($31,010) and the ninetieth ($61,580) 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 $38,901 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 $33,957 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.