Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Mississippi

794 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Mississippi for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Emergency Management Directors	$48,650	230	View salary detail
Video Game Designers	$48,550	230	View salary detail
Web and Digital Interface Designers	$48,550	230	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$48,490	290	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$48,440	3,730	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$48,350	320	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$48,250	1,550	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$48,100	390	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$48,100	390	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$48,100	390	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$48,100	390	View salary detail
Gambling Service Workers, All Other	$48,100	150	View salary detail
Log Graders and Scalers	$48,010	130	View salary detail
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers	$47,960	—	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$47,940	300	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$47,930	3,210	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$47,770	140	View salary detail
Rail Car Repairers	$47,480	320	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$47,410	4,170	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,380	960	View salary detail
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	$47,340	200	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$47,320	550	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$47,160	440	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$47,130	820	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$47,060	210	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$47,060	150	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$47,060	150	View salary detail
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	$47,060	40	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$47,000	120	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$46,810	490	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, All Other	$46,700	60	View salary detail
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	$46,700	60	View salary detail
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$46,680	1,950	View salary detail
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,630	80	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$46,610	580	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,560	660	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$46,530	3,310	View salary detail
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	$46,500	160	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$46,480	1,150	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$46,450	200	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$46,430	800	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,410	1,070	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$46,400	170	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$46,270	860	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$46,180	2,270	View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$46,140	8,070	View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers	$46,140	8,070	View salary detail
Historians	$46,010	90	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$45,990	210	View salary detail
Photographers	$45,860	190	View salary detail

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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.