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Mississippi Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Mississippi-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Mississippi is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Mississippi Salaries

How Mississippi salaries compare to the national market

Mississippi trade wages run about 14% below the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 0.86 Mississippi wage index to national medians. The Gulf Coast carries the heaviest industrial work, Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula is the state's largest private employer, while the multi-billion-dollar data-centre campuses announced for Madison County have opened a new source of demand for electrical and mechanical crews in central Mississippi. On the tax side, Mississippi withholds Flat 4%, on a legislated path to zero, with no local wage tax on top.

Mississippi: mississippi salary calculator — Mississippi wage index 0.86× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~14% below, State income tax Flat 4%, on a legislated path to zero. Simplified outline of Mississippi, stylised and not to scale.
Simplified outline of Mississippi — a stylised shape, not to scale.
0.86× national BLS median
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Mississippi trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Mississippi-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 0.86 Mississippi wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeMississippi median / yrNational medianMississippi / hr
Electrician$54,340$63,190$26.13
Plumber$54,870$63,800$26.38
HVAC Technician$52,470$61,010$25.23
Pipefitter$54,870$63,800$26.38
Ironworker$53,990$62,780$25.96
Carpenter$52,100$60,580$25.05

Trade pay by Mississippi metro

Local BLS medians vs the Mississippi state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Jackson$55,4301.02× state
Gulfport-Biloxi$54,8801.01× state
Hattiesburg$52,1700.96× state
Tupelo$51,6200.95× state
Why is the Mississippi wage index the lowest in this calculator?

It reflects the state's cost structure and occupational mix: Mississippi has the lowest median household income in the country, a largely rural construction market, and low housing costs that let contractors hire at lower nominal scale. The exceptions are real, though, Ingalls shipyard work and the new Madison County data-centre projects pay well above the state median.

How accurate is the Mississippi benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Mississippi wage index (0.86×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Jackson scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Mississippi salary guide.

Does a Mississippi salary go as far as the number suggests?

Not entirely. Mississippi withholds Flat 4%, on a legislated path to zero from every paycheck, with no local wage tax on top, which costs roughly $3,055 a year on a $65,000 salary before any local layer. That is why a gross figure here is not directly comparable with one from a no-income-tax state; run both through the Mississippi paycheck calculator to compare take-home.

What is the median trade salary in Mississippi?

It varies by role: the Mississippi electrician median is about $54,340, plumbers $54,870, HVAC technicians $52,470, and pipefitters $54,870 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Mississippi-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Mississippi wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 0.86 Mississippi factor to localise them, reflecting that Mississippi gross pay runs about 14% below the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Mississippi metros pay trades the most?

Jackson and the Gulfport-Biloxi coast run essentially level at the top, Jackson on healthcare, state and data-centre work and the coast on shipbuilding, casino and port projects. Hattiesburg and Tupelo price several points below both, and Pascagoula shipyard scale sits outside the metro pattern entirely.

Do Mississippi trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Mississippi follows the federal 1.5x-after-40 standard, and shipyard production schedules at Ingalls are the state's most consistent source of overtime. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 0.86 Mississippi wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Mississippi Department of Revenue · Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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