Jackson, MS

Across all occupations in the Jackson, MS metropolitan area, the median wage is $42,850 a year ($20.60 an hour) and the mean $53,990, May 2025. That median is −16% against the US median of $50,980 and +7% against Mississippi's $40,120. BLS counts 270,730 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is general internal medicine physicians; the largest is retail salespersons.

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

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Jackson, MS area, Mississippi and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Jackson, MS	Hourly	$11.12	$14.61	$20.60	$30.36	$44.27	$25.96	270,730
Jackson, MS	Annual	$23,130	$30,390	$42,850	$63,140	$92,070	$53,990	270,730
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.

453 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 Jackson, MS

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$333,460	$160.32	**
2	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$297,790	$143.17	80
3	Nurse Anesthetists	$237,440	$114.16	**
4	Family Medicine Physicians	$200,500	$96.39	140
5	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$175,090	*	1,330
6	Dentists, General	$149,990	$72.11	170
7	Chief Executives	$149,490	$71.87	110
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$137,010	$65.87	220
9	Pharmacists	$132,080	$63.50	860
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Mississippi	$128,800	$61.92	570
11	Nurse Practitioners	$124,730	$59.96	1,310
12	Sales Managers in Mississippi	$123,700	$59.47	550
13	Optometrists	$122,770	$59.03	60
14	Commercial Pilots	$119,990	*	60
15	Financial Managers in Mississippi	$119,580	$57.49	840
16	Industrial Production Managers	$116,130	$55.83	390
17	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$115,540	$55.55	30
18	General and Operations Managers in Mississippi	$114,190	$54.90	3,030
19	Managers, All Other	$114,160	$54.89	280
20	Natural Sciences Managers	$110,250	$53.00	60

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 Jackson, MS

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Mississippi	8,770	32.40	1.29	$29,070
2	Registered Nurses in Mississippi	8,700	32.12	1.48	$82,630
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Mississippi	8,460	31.23	1.26	$22,630
4	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Mississippi	7,800	28.80	1.04	$23,130
5	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Mississippi	6,590	24.34	1.84	$58,100
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Mississippi	5,890	21.75	1.15	$36,910
7	Cashiers in Mississippi	5,320	19.66	0.99	$28,000
8	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Mississippi	4,810	17.78	1.97	$63,170
9	Stockers and Order Fillers in Mississippi	4,450	16.45	0.90	$34,060
10	Customer Service Representatives in Mississippi	4,270	15.78	0.95	$37,850
11	Office Clerks, General in Mississippi	4,020	14.86	0.94	$35,910
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Mississippi	3,730	13.79	1.26	$38,440
13	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Mississippi	3,390	12.54	0.88	$28,820
14	Security Guards in Mississippi	3,340	12.34	1.50	$27,950
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Mississippi	3,310	12.24	1.24	$44,890
16	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Mississippi	3,070	11.34	1.23	$60,100
17	General and Operations Managers in Mississippi	3,030	11.21	0.50	$114,190
18	Nursing Assistants in Mississippi	3,000	11.07	1.19	$32,040
19	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Mississippi	2,760	10.21	1.42	$47,330
20	Waiters and Waitresses in Mississippi	2,750	10.17	0.70	$21,440

Most concentrated occupations in Jackson, 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	16.81	1,040	3.84	$31,560
2	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	8.78	2,230	8.23	$37,500
3	Helpers--Production Workers	4.96	1,430	5.29	$33,030
4	Emergency Management Directors	4.22	100	0.37	$42,970
5	Conservation Scientists	3.90	180	0.65	$59,070
6	Slaughterers and Meat Packers	3.84	470	1.73	$34,530
7	Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	3.76	220	0.82	$47,270
8	Tire Builders	3.58	130	0.48	$55,380
9	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	3.46	1,330	4.93	$175,090
10	Meter Readers, Utilities	2.93	100	0.37	$38,980

Occupation groups in Jackson, MS

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$99,730	$118,210	13,010	48.04	0.67
Architecture and Engineering	$81,860	$89,650	2,570	9.49	0.56
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$73,840	$86,930	23,700	87.56	1.39
Computer and Mathematical	$73,330	$80,230	4,210	15.56	0.46
Legal	$69,990	$90,760	2,550	9.41	1.12
Business and Financial Operations	$66,040	$75,990	14,410	53.22	0.79
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$62,880	$68,710	2,260	8.33	0.88
Educational Instruction and Library	$50,240	$61,670	15,300	56.52	0.97
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$49,610	$54,580	12,960	47.86	1.22
Construction and Extraction	$47,300	$51,870	9,850	36.37	0.88
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$46,510	$52,900	2,540	9.37	0.71
Community and Social Service	$44,060	$48,150	5,260	19.42	1.13
Production	$41,170	$47,060	18,970	70.07	1.27
Office and Administrative Support	$39,830	$44,260	32,750	120.97	1.06
Transportation and Material Moving	$38,130	$44,970	26,210	96.80	1.10
Protective Service	$36,780	$43,130	8,400	31.04	1.28
Sales and Related	$31,890	$42,590	23,800	87.90	1.02
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$31,510	$35,000	940	3.47	1.24
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$28,950	$30,770	7,560	27.93	0.95
Healthcare Support	$28,230	$30,950	15,140	55.92	1.10
Personal Care and Service	$26,300	$31,720	4,850	17.91	0.86
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$23,510	$27,120	23,520	86.87	0.99

Every occupation in Mississippi, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 453 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 Jackson, MS estimates (area 27140).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment 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 Jackson, 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.