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
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	$97,060	70	View salary detail
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	$96,710	—	View salary detail
Locomotive Engineers	$96,710	300	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$96,100	230	View salary detail
Administrative Services Managers	$96,030	1,700	View salary detail
Validation Engineers	$95,830	2,450	View salary detail
Manufacturing Engineers	$95,830	2,450	View salary detail
Industrial Engineers	$95,830	2,450	View salary detail
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists	$95,830	2,450	View salary detail
Software Developers	$95,330	1,880	View salary detail
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$95,270	190	View salary detail
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	$95,210	80	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$94,970	160	View salary detail
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists	$94,930	1,340	View salary detail
Occupational Therapists	$94,930	1,340	View salary detail
Facilities Managers	$93,640	930	View salary detail
Security Managers	$93,640	930	View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts	$92,310	120	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$91,850	110	View salary detail
Lawyers	$91,690	3,100	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$91,560	280	View salary detail
Agricultural Engineers	$91,560	40	View salary detail
Geneticists	$91,170	320	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$91,170	320	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$91,170	320	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$91,170	320	View salary detail
Biologists	$91,170	320	View salary detail
Environmental Engineers	$91,100	260	View salary detail
Computer Network Architects	$90,990	—	View salary detail
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists	$90,990	—	View salary detail
Compensation and Benefits Managers	$89,250	70	View salary detail
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$88,710	110	View salary detail
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$88,290	70	View salary detail
Air Traffic Controllers	$88,110	160	View salary detail
Radiation Therapists	$88,100	70	View salary detail
Training and Development Managers	$88,030	200	View salary detail
Database Administrators	$87,790	200	View salary detail
Information Security Analysts	$87,690	480	View salary detail
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers	$87,180	120	View salary detail
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$87,180	120	View salary detail
Penetration Testers	$86,940	1,450	View salary detail
Document Management Specialists	$86,940	1,450	View salary detail
Blockchain Engineers	$86,940	1,450	View salary detail
Digital Forensics Analysts	$86,940	1,450	View salary detail
Information Security Engineers	$86,940	1,450	View salary detail
Computer Occupations, All Other	$86,940	1,450	View salary detail
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians	$86,940	1,450	View salary detail
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	$86,940	1,450	View salary detail
Information Technology Project Managers	$86,940	1,450	View salary detail
Web Administrators	$86,940	1,450	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.