Residential Advisors in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,864
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$5,036
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,629
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
$30,900
Kept after tax
$25,864
Worth in national money
$29,629
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays residential advisors a middle wage of $30,900, 49 of 51 states and about 26.85% 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, residential advisors ranks 432. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $30,900 the take-home is $25,864; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $29,629 would nationally. The average comes to $34,070, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi's $30,900 median for residential advisors places it 49 of 51 states, about 26.85% 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, residential advisors ranks 432 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.
- Post-tax income for residential advisors in Mississippi, on $30,900, is $25,864 — equivalent to $29,629 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 $34,070 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,190 |
| This salary | $30,900 |
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 | $25,864 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,008 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,836 |
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 | $29,476 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,221 |
| 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 residential advisors in Mississippi earn under $30,900 and half over. The published range runs $23,400 at the tenth percentile to $47,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $25,864 take-home in Mississippi comes from $30,900. 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 432 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,629, the adjusted value of that $30,900 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 432 of 486 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for residential advisors in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $23,400 to $47,190; 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.
- Retained pay of $25,864, from $30,900, 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 432 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 49 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $29,629 — the adjusted value of that $30,900 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 432 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 $34,070, 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 $23,400, the highest tenth $47,190, 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 $29,629 in national terms.
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 $25,864 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.
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 $34,070. 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 ($23,400) and the ninetieth ($47,190) 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 $29,629 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 $25,864 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.