Purchasing Managers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,470
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$32,470
26.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,641
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
$122,940
Kept after tax
$90,470
Worth in national money
$103,641
State rank
44
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for purchasing managers is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $122,940. That is 44 of 50 states, and about 16.98% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 486 occupations Mississippi reports, purchasing managers comes in at 12 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $122,940 you keep $90,470 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $103,641 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $122,820.
- For purchasing managers, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $122,940, ranking 44 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 16.98%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Purchasing managers ranks 12 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.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $90,470 after the full tax stack, from $122,940. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $103,641 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $122,820 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,820 |
| This salary | $122,940 |
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 | $90,470 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,295 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,575 |
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 | $116,048 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,926 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Mississippi earn less than $122,940. The published range is $68,690 up to $174,820, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $90,470 take-home in Mississippi comes from $122,940. 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 12 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $103,641 uses one figure for the whole of Mississippi. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 486 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 12.
- Reported values are medians; for purchasing managers in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $68,690 to $174,820. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $90,470, from $122,940, 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 12 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $103,641, worked from $122,940, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Mississippi address, on work sitting at 12 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $68,690 at the bottom tenth to $174,820 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $103,641.
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, $90,470 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($68,690) and the ninetieth ($174,820) 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 $103,641 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 $90,470 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.