Slaughterers and Meat Packers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,964
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$5,686
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,035
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
$33,650
Kept after tax
$27,964
Worth in national money
$32,035
State rank
44
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays slaughterers and meat packers a middle wage of $33,650, 44 of 47 states and about 16.15% 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, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 423. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $33,650 you keep $27,964, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $32,035 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $33,300, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Mississippi's $33,650 median for slaughterers and meat packers places it 44 of 47 states, about 16.15% 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, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 423 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.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for slaughterers and meat packers on $33,650 is $27,964. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $32,035 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 $33,300 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Slaughterers and Meat Packers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $37,740 |
| This salary | $33,650 |
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 | $27,964 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,218 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,968 |
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 | $32,089 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,380 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $33,650 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $27,720 and the ninetieth is $37,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $27,964, from $33,650, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 423 of 486 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $32,035, the adjusted value of that $33,650 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 423 of 486 locally.
- The Mississippi median of $33,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $27,720 to $37,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $27,964 from $33,650. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 423 of 486 locally.
- This $32,035 adjusted figure, worked from $33,650, 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 423 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 423 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,720 at the bottom tenth to $37,740 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $32,035 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 $27,964.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,720 to $37,740) 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 $32,035 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 $27,964 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.