Technical Writers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,067
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$13,153
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,647
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
$65,220
Kept after tax
$52,067
Worth in national money
$59,647
State rank
42
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for technical writers is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $65,220. That is 42 of 45 states, and about 27.85% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Technical writers ranks 122 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $65,220 the take-home is $52,067; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $59,647 would nationally. The average comes to $69,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For technical writers, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $65,220, ranking 42 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 27.85%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 122 of 486 in Mississippi places technical writers 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.
- Post-tax income for technical writers in Mississippi, on $65,220, is $52,067 — equivalent to $59,647 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 $69,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Technical Writers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,980 |
| This salary | $65,220 |
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 | $52,067 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,584 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,476 |
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 | $62,088 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,620 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $65,220 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,740 and the ninetieth is $85,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $52,067 take-home in Mississippi comes from $65,220. 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 122 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,647, the adjusted value of that $65,220 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 122 of 486 in the state.
- The Mississippi median of $65,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,740 to $85,980. 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 $52,067, from $65,220, 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 122 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $59,647 — the adjusted value of that $65,220 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 122 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $69,480, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,740 and the top tenth $85,980, so most people doing this work in Mississippi sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $59,647 in national terms.
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, $52,067 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $69,480. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,740 to $85,980) 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 $59,647 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 $52,067 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.