Psychiatric Technicians in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,239
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$6,081
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,495
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
$35,320
Kept after tax
$29,239
Worth in national money
$33,495
State rank
47
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays psychiatric technicians a middle wage of $35,320, 47 of 49 states and about 21.74% 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, psychiatric technicians ranks 405. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $35,320 you keep $29,239, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $33,495 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $36,120, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Mississippi's $35,320 median for psychiatric technicians places it 47 of 49 states, about 21.74% 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, psychiatric technicians ranks 405 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.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for psychiatric technicians on $35,320 is $29,239. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $33,495 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 $36,120 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,770 |
| This salary | $35,320 |
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 | $29,239 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,560 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,047 |
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 | $33,676 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,476 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,320 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $27,540 and the ninetieth is $49,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $29,239 take-home in Mississippi comes from $35,320. 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 405 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,495, the adjusted value of that $35,320 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 405 of 486 in the state.
- The Mississippi median of $35,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $27,540 to $49,770. 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 $29,239, from $35,320, 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 405 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $33,495 — the adjusted value of that $35,320 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 405 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $27,540 at the tenth percentile, $49,770 at the ninetieth.
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 $33,495.
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 $29,239.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,540 to $49,770) 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 $33,495 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 $29,239 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.