Tree Trimmers and Pruners in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,003
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$7,557
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,953
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
$41,560
Kept after tax
$34,003
Worth in national money
$38,953
State rank
46
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for tree trimmers and pruners. The middle earner takes $41,560, ranking 46 of 49 states — about 18.45% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tree trimmers and pruners ranks 316 among 486 occupations Mississippi publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $41,560 you keep $34,003 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $38,953 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $44,550, since top earners drag the number up.
- Mississippi ranks 46 of 49 for tree trimmers and pruners, with a median of $41,560 — about 18.45% 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 316 of 486 in Mississippi places tree trimmers and pruners 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.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $34,003 after the full tax stack, from $41,560. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,953 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,550 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,520 |
| This salary | $41,560 |
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 | $34,003 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,573 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,346 |
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 | $39,606 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,837 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,560 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,650 and the ninetieth is $60,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $34,003, worked from $41,560. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 316 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,953 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 316.
- The Mississippi median of $41,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,650 to $60,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Mississippi take-home of $34,003, on $41,560 for work ranking 316 of 486 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 316 of 486 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,953, worked from $41,560, 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 316 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 $44,550, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,650 at the tenth percentile, $60,520 at the ninetieth.
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 $38,953 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, $34,003 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 49 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 $44,550. 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 ($35,650 to $60,520) 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 $38,953 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 $34,003 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.