Hattiesburg, MS

Across all occupations in the Hattiesburg, MS metropolitan area, the median wage is $37,750 a year ($18.15 an hour) and the mean $49,480, May 2025. That median is −26% against the US median of $50,980 and −6% against Mississippi's $40,120. BLS counts 62,230 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Hattiesburg, MS vs Mississippi and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Hattiesburg, MS area, Mississippi and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Hattiesburg, MS	Hourly	$10.88	$13.79	$18.15	$28.17	$38.71	$23.79	62,230
Hattiesburg, MS	Annual	$22,620	$28,690	$37,750	$58,600	$80,510	$49,480	62,230
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.

239 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 Hattiesburg, MS

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$319,400	$153.56	170
2	Dentists, General	$132,390	$63.65	70
3	Pharmacists	$128,980	$62.01	170
4	Industrial Production Managers	$128,480	$61.77	80
5	Nurse Practitioners	$113,300	$54.47	340
6	Human Resources Managers	$108,750	$52.29	50
7	Physician Assistants	$108,420	$52.13	50
8	Electrical Engineers	$106,620	$51.26	60
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Mississippi	$105,200	$50.58	90
10	Veterinarians	$104,630	$50.30	50
11	Financial Managers in Mississippi	$104,540	$50.26	220
12	Construction Managers	$103,940	$49.97	80
13	Industrial Engineers	$101,300	$48.70	110
14	General and Operations Managers in Mississippi	$97,860	$47.05	560
15	Physical Therapists	$97,580	$46.91	140
16	Medical and Health Services Managers	$94,050	$45.22	360
17	Facilities Managers	$91,660	$44.07	40
18	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$89,480	$43.02	70
19	Civil Engineers	$88,980	$42.78	60
20	Lawyers in Mississippi	$87,570	$42.10	160

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 Hattiesburg, MS

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Mississippi	2,600	41.74	1.67	$28,410
2	Registered Nurses in Mississippi	2,190	35.21	1.62	$76,270
3	Cashiers in Mississippi	2,110	33.91	1.71	$26,040
4	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Mississippi	1,960	31.58	1.27	$22,550
5	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Mississippi	1,460	23.44	0.85	$25,410
6	Customer Service Representatives in Mississippi	1,280	20.64	1.24	$36,700
7	Stockers and Order Fillers in Mississippi	1,100	17.62	0.97	$31,040
8	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Mississippi	1,070	17.23	0.91	$34,260
9	Cooks, Fast Food in Mississippi	1,010	16.15	3.92	$23,470
9	Waiters and Waitresses in Mississippi	1,010	16.22	1.11	$21,830
11	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Mississippi	850	13.66	1.39	$38,810
12	Nursing Assistants in Mississippi	840	13.43	1.44	$30,440
12	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Mississippi	840	13.57	1.88	$45,910
14	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Mississippi	830	13.36	1.01	$48,200
15	Office Clerks, General in Mississippi	820	13.19	0.83	$35,690
16	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Mississippi	810	13.00	0.91	$27,400
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Mississippi	790	12.63	1.15	$35,620
18	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Mississippi	680	10.90	1.39	$34,750
18	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Mississippi	680	10.95	1.18	$55,670
20	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Mississippi	670	10.74	1.57	$49,590

Most concentrated occupations in Hattiesburg, 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	Psychiatric Aides	8.05	110	1.84	$31,380
2	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.67	220	3.50	$44,450
3	Surgical Technologists	4.53	210	3.42	$48,610
4	Highway Maintenance Workers	4.41	270	4.39	$37,020
5	Cooks, Fast Food in Mississippi	3.92	1,010	16.15	$23,470
6	Loan Interviewers and Clerks	3.56	230	3.77	$38,530
7	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	2.80	200	3.17	$66,410
8	Loan Officers	2.77	300	4.88	$58,560
9	Nurse Practitioners	2.61	340	5.42	$113,300
10	Medical Records Specialists	2.54	200	3.18	$43,600

Occupation groups in Hattiesburg, MS

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$85,680	$103,320	2,780	44.73	0.62
Architecture and Engineering	$78,840	$86,560	550	8.85	0.53
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$64,620	$86,120	6,490	104.23	1.65
Business and Financial Operations	$61,850	$72,520	2,380	38.27	0.56
Legal	$61,780	$82,060	310	4.95	0.59
Computer and Mathematical	$60,630	$68,870	630	10.20	0.30
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$55,060	$61,960	400	6.47	0.68
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$48,910	$54,420	3,090	49.58	1.27
Educational Instruction and Library	$48,650	$52,340	3,890	62.48	1.07
Community and Social Service	$47,690	$49,460	850	13.64	0.79
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$47,490	$44,440	140	2.33	0.83
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$45,440	$55,280	500	8.00	0.61
Construction and Extraction	$43,740	$48,470	2,270	36.47	0.88
Production	$38,830	$46,570	3,200	51.42	0.93
Protective Service	$37,540	$40,920	1,420	22.84	0.94
Office and Administrative Support	$36,700	$40,570	7,970	128.15	1.12
Transportation and Material Moving	$35,400	$39,360	4,900	78.72	0.90
Healthcare Support	$30,180	$31,740	3,430	55.18	1.09
Sales and Related	$28,720	$36,160	6,940	111.45	1.29
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$27,600	$30,160	1,640	26.34	0.90
Personal Care and Service	$24,580	$29,360	1,200	19.23	0.92
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$23,780	$26,680	7,250	116.49	1.32

Every occupation in Mississippi, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 239 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 Hattiesburg, MS estimates (area 25620).

*: Wage estimate not available.

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 Hattiesburg, 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.