Physical Therapists in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,265
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$24,725
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,223
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
$99,990
Kept after tax
$75,265
Worth in national money
$86,223
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Mississippi is 32 of 51 states for physical therapists, with a middle wage of $99,990. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Mississippi this is well-paid work. Of 486 occupations with published figures in the state, physical therapists ranks 32 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $99,990 you keep $75,265, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $86,223 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $96,850, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Mississippi ranks 32 of 51 for physical therapists at $99,990. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Mississippi publishes a median for, physical therapists sits 32 of 486 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for physical therapists on $99,990 is $75,265. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $86,223 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $96,850 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Physical Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,740 |
| This salary | $99,990 |
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 | $75,265 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,173 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,748 |
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 | $94,435 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,558 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $99,990 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $73,700 and the ninetieth is $121,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $75,265 take-home in Mississippi comes from $99,990. 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 32 of 486.
- Two cautions on $86,223, the adjusted value of that $99,990 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 32 of 486 locally.
- The Mississippi median of $99,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $73,700 to $121,740. 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 $75,265, from $99,990, 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 32 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- This $86,223 adjusted figure, worked from $99,990, 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 32 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 32 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 $96,850, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $73,700 at the tenth percentile, $121,740 at the ninetieth.
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 $86,223 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Mississippi's own levy, $75,265 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $96,850. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($73,700 to $121,740) 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 $86,223 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 $75,265 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.