Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Jackson, MS

545 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Jackson, MS for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Health Education Specialists	$50,420	200	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,370	60	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$50,280	150	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$50,280	150	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$50,280	150	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$50,280	150	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$50,240	2,430	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	$50,180	50	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$50,110	80	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$50,030	50	View salary detail
Machinists	$49,850	230	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$49,760	240	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$49,680	320	View salary detail
Editors	$49,650	90	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$49,640	170	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$49,620	210	View salary detail
Logging Equipment Operators	$49,580	60	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,580	190	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,570	—	View salary detail
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	$49,490	210	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$49,440	160	View salary detail
Carpenters	$49,330	660	View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$49,160	1,620	View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers	$49,160	1,620	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$48,790	150	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$48,760	50	View salary detail
Construction and Building Inspectors	$48,700	170	View salary detail
Energy Auditors	$48,700	170	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$48,630	230	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$48,610	250	View salary detail
Millwrights	$48,470	200	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$48,450	40	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$48,390	50	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$48,370	400	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$47,990	130	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$47,500	80	View salary detail
Photographers	$47,500	60	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$47,340	870	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$47,330	2,760	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$47,310	270	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$47,270	220	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,210	150	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$47,160	100	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$47,150	50	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$47,070	180	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$47,060	—	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$47,010	960	View salary detail
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	$47,010	160	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$46,910	790	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$46,840	220	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.