Order Clerks in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,133
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$7,907
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,248
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
$43,040
Kept after tax
$35,133
Worth in national money
$40,248
State rank
34
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for order clerks. The middle earner takes $43,040, ranking 34 of 48 states — about 6.78% 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 304.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,040 the take-home is $35,133; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,248 would nationally. The average lands at $42,200, below the middle of the range.
- Mississippi ranks 34 of 48 for order clerks, with a median of $43,040 — about 6.78% 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, order clerks sits at 304 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 order clerks in Mississippi, on $43,040, is $35,133 — equivalent to $40,248 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 $42,200 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,470 |
| This salary | $43,040 |
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 | $35,133 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,763 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,416 |
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 | $41,012 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,922 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,040 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,050 and the ninetieth is $50,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,133 take-home in Mississippi comes from $43,040. 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 304 of 486.
- Two cautions on $40,248, the adjusted value of that $43,040 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 304 of 486 locally.
- The Mississippi median of $43,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,050 to $50,470. 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 $35,133, from $43,040, 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 304 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 48 for it.
- This $40,248 adjusted figure, worked from $43,040, 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 304 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 304 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,050 and the top tenth $50,470, so most people doing this work in Mississippi sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $40,248.
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 $35,133.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,050 to $50,470) 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 $40,248 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 $35,133 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.