Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,402
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$11,398
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,158
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
$57,800
Kept after tax
$46,402
Worth in national money
$53,158
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays this job a middle wage of $57,800, 35 of 51 states and about 1.15% 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 175.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,800 the take-home is $46,402; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,158 would nationally. The average comes to $58,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi's $57,800 median for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators places it 35 of 51 states, about 1.15% 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, postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators sits at 175 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 postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in Mississippi, on $57,800, is $46,402 — equivalent to $53,158 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 $58,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,030 |
| This salary | $57,800 |
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 | $46,402 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,622 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,122 |
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 | $55,037 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,775 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,800 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,530 and the ninetieth is $75,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $46,402, worked from $57,800. 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 175 of 486.
- Two cautions on $53,158, the adjusted value of that $57,800 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 175 of 486 locally.
- The Mississippi median of $57,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,530 to $75,030. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Mississippi take-home of $46,402, on $57,800 for work ranking 175 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 175 of 486 in the state.
- This $53,158 adjusted figure, worked from $57,800, 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 175 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 175 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,530 at the bottom tenth to $75,030 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $53,158 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, $46,402 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,530 to $75,030) 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 $53,158 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 $46,402 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.