Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,202
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$8,858
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,764
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
$47,060
Kept after tax
$38,202
Worth in national money
$43,764
State rank
43
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $47,060, ranking 43 of 47 states — about 19.76% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Mississippi, this sits in the middle: 260 of 486 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Mississippi is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,060 the take-home is $38,202; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,764 would nationally. The average comes to $47,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Mississippi ranks 43 of 47 for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers, with a median of $47,060 — about 19.76% 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.
- Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers ranks 260 of 486 occupations in Mississippi by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Mississippi, on $47,060, is $38,202 — equivalent to $43,764 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 $47,590 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,200 |
| This salary | $47,060 |
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 | $38,202 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,993 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,608 |
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 | $44,832 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,155 |
| 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 $47,060. The published range is $33,800 up to $58,200, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $38,202, from $47,060, 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 260 of 486 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,764 uses one figure for the whole of Mississippi. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 486 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 260.
- Reported values are medians; for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Mississippi the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,800 to $58,200. 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 $38,202 from $47,060. 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 260 of 486 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,764, worked from $47,060, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Mississippi address, on work sitting at 260 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,800 at the bottom tenth to $58,200 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $43,764 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,202.
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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,800 to $58,200) 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 $43,764 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 $38,202 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.