Sales Managers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,078
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$27,672
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,881
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
$108,750
Kept after tax
$81,078
Worth in national money
$92,881
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for sales managers. The middle earner takes $108,750, ranking 47 of 50 states — about 26.65% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 486 occupations Mississippi reports, sales managers comes in at 19 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $108,750 the take-home is $81,078; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $92,881 would nationally. The average comes to $129,830, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi ranks 47 of 50 for sales managers, with a median of $108,750 — about 26.65% 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.
- Sales managers ranks 19 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.
- Post-tax income for sales managers in Mississippi, on $108,750, is $81,078 — equivalent to $92,881 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 $129,830 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $217,460 |
| This salary | $108,750 |
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 | $81,078 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,336 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,064 |
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 | $102,697 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,996 |
| 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 sales managers in Mississippi earn under $108,750 and half over. The published range runs $58,350 at the tenth percentile to $217,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $81,078 take-home in Mississippi comes from $108,750. 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 19 of 486.
- Two cautions on $92,881, the adjusted value of that $108,750 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 19 of 486 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for sales managers in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,350 to $217,460; 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 $81,078, from $108,750, 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 19 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 50 for it.
- This $92,881 adjusted figure, worked from $108,750, 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 19 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 19 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $129,830, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $58,350 at the bottom tenth to $217,460 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $92,881 in national terms.
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 $81,078.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $129,830. 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 ($58,350) and the ninetieth ($217,460) 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 $92,881 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 $81,078 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.