Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,509
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$13,691
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,299
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
$67,200
Kept after tax
$53,509
Worth in national money
$61,299
State rank
18
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Mississippi is 18 of 50 states for teachers and instructors, all other, with a middle wage of $67,200. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Mississippi this is well-paid work. Of 486 occupations with published figures in the state, teachers and instructors, all other ranks 117 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $67,200 you keep $53,509, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,299 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $62,610, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Mississippi ranks 18 of 50 for teachers and instructors, all other at $67,200. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Mississippi publishes a median for, teachers and instructors, all other sits 117 of 486 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for teachers and instructors, all other on $67,200 is $53,509. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,299 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 $62,610 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $16,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,710 |
| This salary | $67,200 |
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 | $53,509 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,105 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,563 |
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 | $63,882 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,921 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $67,200 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $16,640 and the ninetieth is $88,710 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $53,509 take-home in Mississippi comes from $67,200. 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 117 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,299, the adjusted value of that $67,200 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 117 of 486 in the state.
- The Mississippi median of $67,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $16,640 to $88,710. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $53,509, from $67,200, 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 117 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $61,299 — the adjusted value of that $67,200 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 117 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 $62,610, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $16,640 and the top tenth $88,710 — 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 $61,299 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Mississippi's own levy, $53,509 remains.
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.
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 $62,610. 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 ($16,640) and the ninetieth ($88,710) 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 $61,299 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 $53,509 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.