Packers and Packagers, Hand in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,651
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$5,589
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,676
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
$33,240
Kept after tax
$27,651
Worth in national money
$31,676
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for packers and packagers, hand is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $33,240. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 8.38% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 486 occupations Mississippi publishes, packers and packagers, hand lands at 424. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $33,240 the take-home is $27,651; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,676 would nationally. The average lands at $32,160, below the middle of the range.
- For packers and packagers, hand, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $33,240, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 8.38%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Mississippi, this work ranks 424 of 486 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for packers and packagers, hand in Mississippi, on $33,240, is $27,651 — equivalent to $31,676 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 $32,160 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Packers and Packagers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $20,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,530 |
| This salary | $33,240 |
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 | $27,651 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,888 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,948 |
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 | $31,700 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,356 |
| 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 packers and packagers, hand in Mississippi earn under $33,240 and half over. The published range runs $20,570 at the tenth percentile to $44,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $27,651, from $33,240, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 424 of 486 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,676, the adjusted value of that $33,240 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 424 of 486 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for packers and packagers, hand in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $20,570 to $44,530; 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.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $27,651 from $33,240. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 424 of 486 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $31,676 — the adjusted value of that $33,240 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 424 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $32,160, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $20,570, the highest tenth $44,530, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $31,676.
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 $27,651.
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 $32,160. 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 ($20,570) and the ninetieth ($44,530) 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 $31,676 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 $27,651 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.