Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,187
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$9,163
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,892
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
$48,350
Kept after tax
$39,187
Worth in national money
$44,892
State rank
33
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays this job a middle wage of $48,350, 33 of 48 states and about 12.11% 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 250.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,350 you keep $39,187 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,892 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $47,360.
- Mississippi's $48,350 median for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers places it 33 of 48 states, about 12.11% 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, morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers sits at 250 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 $39,187 after the full tax stack, from $48,350. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,892 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,360 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,570 |
| This salary | $48,350 |
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 | $39,187 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,670 |
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 | $46,058 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,229 |
| 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 morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Mississippi earn under $48,350 and half over. The published range runs $26,360 at the tenth percentile to $60,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,187 take-home in Mississippi comes from $48,350. 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 250 of 486.
- Two cautions on $44,892, the adjusted value of that $48,350 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 250 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $26,360 to $60,570; 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.
- Retained pay of $39,187, from $48,350, 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 250 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 48 for it.
- This $44,892 adjusted figure, worked from $48,350, 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 250 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 250 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $26,360 at the bottom tenth to $60,570 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 $44,892 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 $39,187.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($26,360 to $60,570) 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 $44,892 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 $39,187 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.