Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Across all occupations in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metropolitan area, the median wage is $43,470 a year ($20.90 an hour) and the mean $53,290, May 2025. That median is −15% against the US median of $50,980 and +8% against Mississippi's $40,120. BLS counts 158,310 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Gulfport-Biloxi, MS vs Mississippi and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS area, Mississippi and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	Hourly	$11.23	$14.34	$20.90	$30.45	$44.65	$25.62	158,310
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	Annual	$23,360	$29,840	$43,470	$63,330	$92,880	$53,290	158,310
Mississippi	Hourly	$11.05	$14.31	$19.29	$28.93	$40.62	$24.43	1,163,030
Mississippi	Annual	$22,970	$29,760	$40,120	$60,180	$84,500	$50,810	1,163,030
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

386 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Mississippi. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$352,230	$169.34	260
2	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$334,330	$160.74	100
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$311,740	$149.88	70
4	Nurse Anesthetists	$230,160	$110.65	50
5	Chief Executives	$159,120	$76.50	40
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$139,730	$67.18	220
7	Pharmacists	$137,940	$66.32	470
8	Engineers, All Other	$136,990	$65.86	200
9	Dentists, General	$135,390	$65.09	120
10	Purchasing Managers	$131,330	$63.14	80
11	Nurse Practitioners	$128,150	$61.61	600
12	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Mississippi	$127,460	$61.28	250
13	Industrial Production Managers	$126,570	$60.85	370
14	Aerospace Engineers	$125,580	$60.37	40
15	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$122,100	$58.70	170
16	Human Resources Managers	$121,470	$58.40	110
17	Gambling Managers	$121,420	$58.37	60
18	Financial Managers in Mississippi	$115,320	$55.44	490
19	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$114,400	$55.00	80
20	Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$113,800	$54.71	30

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Mississippi	5,380	33.97	1.36	$28,880
2	Cashiers in Mississippi	4,610	29.13	1.47	$27,300
3	Waiters and Waitresses in Mississippi	3,910	24.67	1.69	$22,600
4	Registered Nurses in Mississippi	3,740	23.60	1.09	$78,960
5	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Mississippi	3,520	22.22	0.90	$22,820
6	Stockers and Order Fillers in Mississippi	2,690	17.02	0.93	$31,780
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Mississippi	2,600	16.44	0.87	$35,160
8	Cooks, Restaurant in Mississippi	2,520	15.93	1.76	$30,590
9	Customer Service Representatives in Mississippi	2,270	14.36	0.86	$37,540
10	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Mississippi	2,250	14.21	1.00	$29,700
11	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2,220	14.00	5.23	$63,440
12	Office Clerks, General in Mississippi	2,010	12.71	0.80	$36,710
12	Electricians in Mississippi	2,010	12.71	2.61	$62,440
14	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Mississippi	1,890	11.92	1.65	$45,830
14	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Mississippi	1,890	11.93	1.29	$58,390
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Mississippi	1,890	11.93	1.21	$46,240
17	Security Guards in Mississippi	1,810	11.44	1.39	$30,980
18	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Mississippi	1,790	11.28	1.43	$38,760
19	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Mississippi	1,750	11.09	0.84	$45,990
20	Cooks, Fast Food in Mississippi	1,720	10.86	2.63	$23,410

Most concentrated occupations in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	22.52	600	3.77	$57,810
2	Gambling Dealers	19.31	1,650	10.42	$29,140
3	Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	16.09	350	2.23	$31,090
4	Gambling Cage Workers	15.93	230	1.48	$29,340
5	Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	11.53	110	0.71	$35,360
6	Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	7.86	130	0.82	$44,520
7	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	7.02	170	1.06	$122,100
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	5.23	2,220	14.00	$63,440
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.32	700	4.41	$63,180
10	Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	4.27	370	2.32	$33,430

Occupation groups in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$101,600	$114,870	6,300	39.82	0.56
Architecture and Engineering	$89,170	$95,190	3,050	19.29	1.15
Computer and Mathematical	$80,220	$86,570	2,460	15.56	0.46
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$79,080	$85,610	1,560	9.88	1.04
Business and Financial Operations	$76,300	$80,230	7,560	47.75	0.70
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$75,570	$95,580	10,780	68.07	1.08
Production	$61,320	$57,390	11,130	70.31	1.28
Legal	$57,330	$79,560	770	4.86	0.58
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$56,340	$58,740	1,260	7.96	0.61
Construction and Extraction	$54,510	$55,340	9,080	57.36	1.39
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$52,570	$56,690	7,800	49.28	1.26
Community and Social Service	$50,580	$55,580	1,740	10.97	0.64
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$50,500	$51,660	120	0.77	0.28
Educational Instruction and Library	$50,140	$50,420	8,200	51.81	0.89
Protective Service	$39,000	$43,820	5,360	33.85	1.39
Office and Administrative Support	$38,480	$43,080	17,420	110.06	0.96
Transportation and Material Moving	$36,010	$41,440	11,950	75.48	0.86
Healthcare Support	$30,750	$34,290	5,220	33.00	0.65
Sales and Related	$30,080	$37,210	15,170	95.80	1.11
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$29,900	$32,430	5,270	33.31	1.14
Personal Care and Service	$28,760	$37,930	5,880	37.15	1.77
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$27,210	$28,910	20,210	127.65	1.45

Every occupation in Mississippi, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 386 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Gulfport-Biloxi, MS estimates (area 25060).

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.