Structural Iron and Steel Workers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,974
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$9,716
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,939
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
$50,690
Kept after tax
$40,974
Worth in national money
$46,939
State rank
45
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for structural iron and steel workers. The middle earner takes $50,690, ranking 45 of 50 states — about 19.26% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Structural iron and steel workers ranks 217 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $50,690 you keep $40,974, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $46,939 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,580, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Mississippi ranks 45 of 50 for structural iron and steel workers, with a median of $50,690 — about 19.26% 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.
- Position 217 of 486 in Mississippi places structural iron and steel workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for structural iron and steel workers on $50,690 is $40,974. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $46,939 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 $51,580 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Structural Iron and Steel Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,520 |
| This salary | $50,690 |
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 | $40,974 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,909 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,782 |
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 | $48,281 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,364 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,690 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,700 and the ninetieth is $74,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $40,974, from $50,690, 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 217 of 486 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $46,939, the adjusted value of that $50,690 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 217 of 486 locally.
- The Mississippi median of $50,690 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,700 to $74,520. 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 $40,974 from $50,690. 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 217 of 486 locally.
- This $46,939 adjusted figure, worked from $50,690, 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 217 of 486 in the state. The occupation ranks 217 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $30,700 and the top tenth $74,520 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $46,939 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 $40,974 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($30,700) and the ninetieth ($74,520) 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 $46,939 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 $40,974 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.