Software Developers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,173
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$23,157
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,680
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
$95,330
Kept after tax
$72,173
Worth in national money
$82,680
State rank
50
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for software developers. The middle earner takes $95,330, ranking 50 of 50 states — about 29.89% 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, software developers comes in at 41 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $95,330 you keep $72,173, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,680 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $99,840, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Mississippi ranks 50 of 50 for software developers, with a median of $95,330 — about 29.89% 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.
- Software developers ranks 41 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.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for software developers on $95,330 is $72,173. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,680 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 $99,840 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Software Developers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $158,300 |
| This salary | $95,330 |
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 | $72,173 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,895 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,579 |
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 | $90,040 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,326 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Mississippi earn less than $95,330. The published range is $44,700 up to $158,300, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $72,173, from $95,330, 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 41 of 486 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $82,680, the adjusted value of that $95,330 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 41 of 486 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for software developers in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,700 to $158,300. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $72,173 from $95,330. 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 41 of 486 locally.
- This $82,680 adjusted figure, worked from $95,330, 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 41 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 41 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $99,840 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $44,700, the highest tenth $158,300, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $82,680 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $72,173 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $99,840. 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 ($44,700) and the ninetieth ($158,300) 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 $82,680 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 $72,173 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.