Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,134
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$23,136
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,635
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
$95,270
Kept after tax
$72,134
Worth in national money
$82,635
State rank
30
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Mississippi is 30 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $95,270. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 486 occupations Mississippi reports, this job comes in at 42 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $95,270 you keep $72,134, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,635 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $97,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Mississippi ranks 30 of 50 for postmasters and mail superintendents at $95,270. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 42 of 486 occupations by median in Mississippi, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for postmasters and mail superintendents on $95,270 is $72,134. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,635 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 $97,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $87,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,740 |
| This salary | $95,270 |
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 | $72,134 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,852 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,577 |
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 | $89,984 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,323 |
| 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 postmasters and mail superintendents in Mississippi earn under $95,270 and half over. The published range runs $87,170 at the tenth percentile to $111,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $72,134, from $95,270, 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 42 of 486 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $82,635, the adjusted value of that $95,270 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 42 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for postmasters and mail superintendents in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $87,170 to $111,740; 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 $72,134 from $95,270. 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 42 of 486 locally.
- This $82,635 adjusted figure, worked from $95,270, 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 42 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 42 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $87,170 at the tenth percentile, $111,740 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 $82,635 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $72,134.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 ($87,170 to $111,740) 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 $82,635 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 $72,134 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.