Orderlies in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,017
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$4,773
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,659
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
$29,790
Kept after tax
$25,017
Worth in national money
$28,659
State rank
46
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays orderlies a middle wage of $29,790, 46 of 47 states and about 22.2% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Mississippi this is lower-paid work. Of 486 occupations the state publishes figures for, orderlies ranks 440. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $29,790 the take-home is $25,017; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $28,659 would nationally. The average comes to $30,410, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi's $29,790 median for orderlies places it 46 of 47 states, about 22.2% 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.
- Against every occupation Mississippi reports, orderlies ranks 440 of 486, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for orderlies in Mississippi, on $29,790, is $25,017 — equivalent to $28,659 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 $30,410 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Orderlies
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,980 |
| This salary | $29,790 |
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 | $25,017 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,116 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,783 |
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 | $28,423 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,156 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Mississippi earn less than $29,790. The published range is $26,840 up to $36,980, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $25,017, worked from $29,790. 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 440 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $28,659 uses one figure for the whole of Mississippi. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 486 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 440.
- Reported values are medians; for orderlies in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $26,840 to $36,980. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Mississippi take-home of $25,017, on $29,790 for work ranking 440 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 440 of 486 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,659, worked from $29,790, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Mississippi address, on work sitting at 440 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $26,840 at the bottom tenth to $36,980 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 $28,659 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Mississippi adds its own income tax on top — which is why $25,017 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($26,840 to $36,980) 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 $28,659 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 $25,017 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.