Registered Nurses in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,071
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$17,019
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,816
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
$77,090
Kept after tax
$60,071
Worth in national money
$68,816
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for registered nurses is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $77,090. That is 50 of 51 states, and about 20.97% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Mississippi. It ranks 87 out of 486 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,090 you keep $60,071, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $68,816 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $78,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For registered nurses, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $77,090, ranking 50 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 20.97%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Mississippi, registered nurses ranks 87 of 486 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for registered nurses on $77,090 is $60,071. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $68,816 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 $78,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Registered Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,350 |
| This salary | $77,090 |
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 | $60,071 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,063 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,920 |
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 | $72,838 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,415 |
| 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 registered nurses in Mississippi earn under $77,090 and half over. The published range runs $60,610 at the tenth percentile to $100,350 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $60,071, worked from $77,090. 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 87 of 486.
- Two cautions on $68,816, the adjusted value of that $77,090 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 87 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for registered nurses in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,610 to $100,350; 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.
- The Mississippi take-home of $60,071, on $77,090 for work ranking 87 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 87 of 486 in the state.
- This $68,816 adjusted figure, worked from $77,090, 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 87 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 87 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $60,610 and the top tenth $100,350, so most people doing this work in Mississippi sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $68,816 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Mississippi adds its own income tax on top — which is why $60,071 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($60,610 to $100,350) 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 $68,816 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 $60,071 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.