Rehabilitation Counselors in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,957
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$7,543
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,901
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
$41,500
Kept after tax
$33,957
Worth in national money
$38,901
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for rehabilitation counselors. The middle earner takes $41,500, ranking 45 of 51 states — about 11.42% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Mississippi, this sits in the middle: 317 of 486 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $41,500 the take-home is $33,957; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $38,901 would nationally. The average comes to $45,800, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi ranks 45 of 51 for rehabilitation counselors, with a median of $41,500 — about 11.42% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Rehabilitation counselors ranks 317 of 486 occupations in Mississippi by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for rehabilitation counselors in Mississippi, on $41,500, is $33,957 — equivalent to $38,901 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 $45,800 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Rehabilitation Counselors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,960 |
| This salary | $41,500 |
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 | $33,957 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,525 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,343 |
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 | $39,549 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,833 |
| 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 rehabilitation counselors in Mississippi earn under $41,500 and half over. The published range runs $29,270 at the tenth percentile to $71,960 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 $33,957, worked from $41,500. 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 317 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,901 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 317.
- Figures are distribution medians for rehabilitation counselors in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,270 to $71,960; 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 $33,957, on $41,500 for work ranking 317 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 317 of 486 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,901, worked from $41,500, 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 317 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $45,800, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $29,270, the highest tenth $71,960, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Mississippi is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $38,901 in national terms.
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, $33,957 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Mississippi is $45,800. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($29,270) and the ninetieth ($71,960) 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 $38,901 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 $33,957 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.