Roofers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,584
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$8,356
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,910
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
$44,940
Kept after tax
$36,584
Worth in national money
$41,910
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for roofers. The middle earner takes $44,940, ranking 50 of 51 states — about 18.94% 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: 287 of 486 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,940 you keep $36,584, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,910 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,280, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Mississippi ranks 50 of 51 for roofers, with a median of $44,940 — about 18.94% 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.
- Roofers ranks 287 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.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for roofers on $44,940 is $36,584. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,910 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 $45,280 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Roofers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,830 |
| This salary | $44,940 |
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 | $36,584 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,289 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,507 |
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 | $42,817 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,032 |
| 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 roofers in Mississippi earn under $44,940 and half over. The published range runs $35,280 at the tenth percentile to $62,830 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 $36,584, worked from $44,940. 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 287 of 486.
- Two cautions on $41,910, the adjusted value of that $44,940 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 287 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for roofers in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,280 to $62,830; 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 $36,584, on $44,940 for work ranking 287 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 287 of 486 in the state.
- This $41,910 adjusted figure, worked from $44,940, 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 287 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 287 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,280 at the bottom tenth to $62,830 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $41,910 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $36,584.
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 ($35,280 to $62,830) 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 $41,910 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 $36,584 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.