Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. Mississippi scores 87.0 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $65,215 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | Mississippi (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 87.0 | 50th of 51 |
| Rents | 56.5 | 50th of 51 |
| Goods | 96.2 | — |
| Other services | 96.1 | — |
Home electricity averaged 13.39 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $3.64 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 1,163,030 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in Mississippi, the median pay is $40,120 a year, or $19.29 an hour; that ranks 51st of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $22,970 and one in ten more than $84,500.
Mississippi taxes wages in brackets, with a top rate of 4%. The brackets in Mississippi. A single filer on the median $40,120, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $33,212 a year, or $1,277 every two weeks, after $2,634 of federal income tax, $3,069 of Social Security and Medicare and $1,205 of state income tax. Work out your own paycheck in Mississippi.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Salespersons | 38,400 | $28,640 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 31,220 | $22,610 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 30,750 | $36,400 |
| Cashiers | 30,490 | $26,390 |
| Registered Nurses | 29,060 | $77,090 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are registered nurses ($77,090), first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers ($58,380), heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ($51,820). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 80 Mississippi counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $150,091, and across the 16 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,443 a month. A typical home costs 2.46 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $1,265 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $54,219 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 77.5% of Mississippi's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed +0.9% over the past year and +4.4% over five years, and rents +4.2% over the past year.
The most expensive Mississippi counties are Lafayette County ($407,689), Madison County ($335,831) and DeSoto County ($302,646); the least expensive are Coahoma County ($52,878), Washington County ($55,866) and Leflore County ($73,673).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median Mississippi county, that comes to $46,279 a year for one adult and $83,779 for two adults and two children, of which $6,396 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $61,710.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $11,196 | $933 |
| Food | $11,482 | $957 |
| Transportation | $18,583 | $1,549 |
| Healthcare | $18,599 | $1,550 |
| Childcare | $6,396 | $533 |
| Other necessities | $7,103 | $592 |
| Taxes | $9,960 | $830 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 56 colleges in Mississippi, 28 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $13,857 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $33,017. Compare degrees and schools.
| Adams County | $121,650 | −9.4% | — | $51,653 | $80,472 |
| Alcorn County | $180,543 | +7.0% | — | $65,648 | $81,459 |
| Amite County | $139,764 | −9.8% | — | $47,893 | $84,602 |
| Attala County | $115,023 | −9.0% | — | $60,222 | $80,285 |
| Benton County | $160,474 | +11.0% | — | $52,556 | $82,659 |
| Bolivar County | $117,085 | −8.8% | — | $47,755 | $81,530 |
| Calhoun County | $128,316 | −1.8% | — | $62,406 | $81,789 |
| Carroll County | $173,565 | −9.7% | — | $73,268 | $84,198 |
| Chickasaw County | $136,513 | −2.4% | — | $52,123 | $81,993 |
| Choctaw County | $141,470 | −10.5% | — | $59,176 | $85,536 |
| Claiborne County | $94,962 | −10.7% | — | $37,489 | $83,960 |
| Clarke County | $100,773 | −6.9% | — | $56,147 | $84,101 |
| Clay County | $155,767 | −1.4% | — | $54,203 | $84,240 |
| Coahoma County | $52,878 | −1.9% | — | $43,539 | $79,140 |
| Copiah County | $131,010 | +2.9% | — | $61,027 | $93,913 |
| Covington County | $183,201 | +11.5% | — | $61,280 | $94,564 |
| DeSoto County | $302,646 | +1.6% | $1,668 | $94,387 | $109,984 |
| Forrest County | $187,573 | +0.8% | $1,152 | $67,562 | $97,951 |
| Franklin County | $140,761 | −2.2% | — | $51,511 | $82,702 |
| George County | $215,194 | +3.7% | — | $67,442 | $85,003 |
| Greene County | $162,591 | +20.2% | — | $71,023 | $84,112 |
| Grenada County | $129,106 | −2.8% | — | $61,654 | $83,182 |
| Hancock County | $238,272 | +1.3% | $1,616 | $85,463 | $95,569 |
| Harrison County | $228,909 | +2.1% | $1,470 | $71,177 | $94,322 |
| Hinds County | $130,448 | +2.3% | $1,303 | $64,496 | $99,740 |
| Holmes County | $81,845 | −7.7% | — | $41,586 | $93,553 |
| Humphreys County | $76,696 | −5.9% | — | $41,370 | $81,129 |
| Issaquena County | — | — | — | $62,546 | $80,274 |
| Itawamba County | $165,821 | +15.5% | — | $81,711 | $82,606 |
| Jackson County | $212,681 | +0.3% | $1,428 | $84,872 | $98,217 |
| Jasper County | $137,794 | −2.8% | — | $61,765 | $84,833 |
| Jefferson County | $97,512 | −20.6% | — | $45,323 | $82,296 |
| Jefferson Davis County | $94,986 | +0.9% | — | $54,233 | $82,973 |
| Jones County | $158,986 | −1.7% | — | $67,951 | $84,331 |
| Kemper County | $136,427 | +11.4% | — | $48,598 | $81,511 |
| Lafayette County | $407,689 | +3.4% | $2,044 | $85,145 | $99,013 |
| Lamar County | $266,598 | +3.9% | $1,458 | $83,402 | $102,444 |
| Lauderdale County | $125,825 | +1.2% | $1,279 | $66,425 | $82,723 |
| Lawrence County | $118,781 | +2.1% | — | $55,778 | $84,694 |
| Leake County | $154,548 | +7.4% | — | $59,343 | $83,094 |
| Lee County | $213,935 | +6.2% | $1,281 | $85,462 | $88,439 |
| Leflore County | $73,673 | −6.3% | — | $42,887 | $79,501 |
| Lincoln County | $172,553 | +1.0% | — | $70,155 | $82,673 |
| Lowndes County | $191,750 | +2.3% | $1,347 | $73,726 | $85,304 |
| Madison County | $335,831 | +1.3% | $1,716 | $102,157 | $103,471 |
| Marion County | $141,507 | +5.1% | — | $52,132 | $82,470 |
| Marshall County | $222,347 | +0.4% | — | $63,882 | $97,442 |
| Monroe County | $166,321 | +1.7% | — | $67,209 | $81,456 |
| Montgomery County | $124,541 | −0.2% | — | $52,307 | $81,883 |
| Neshoba County | $144,765 | −1.3% | — | $59,215 | $81,709 |
| Newton County | $146,475 | −1.8% | — | $65,074 | $81,651 |
| Noxubee County | $101,984 | −6.0% | — | $45,205 | $84,138 |
| Oktibbeha County | $283,722 | +2.7% | $1,514 | $75,670 | $88,663 |
| Panola County | $183,691 | +1.3% | — | $62,542 | $83,380 |
| Pearl River County | $192,984 | +2.6% | — | $72,490 | $87,549 |
| Perry County | $160,912 | +13.6% | — | $52,454 | $95,839 |
| Pike County | $107,950 | +5.6% | $1,216 | $49,545 | $84,711 |
| Pontotoc County | $215,355 | +9.5% | — | $71,232 | $84,284 |
| Prentiss County | $145,388 | +1.5% | $925 | $65,485 | $81,328 |
| Quitman County | — | — | — | $48,095 | $80,624 |
| Rankin County | $270,377 | +3.2% | $1,695 | $95,693 | $106,574 |
| Scott County | $125,870 | +7.1% | — | $57,013 | $81,599 |
| Sharkey County | $115,421 | −4.2% | — | $55,313 | $81,131 |
| Simpson County | $161,480 | −0.8% | — | $65,097 | $93,986 |
| Smith County | $158,772 | −3.3% | — | $68,577 | $83,500 |
| Stone County | $208,212 | +5.7% | — | $75,761 | $95,729 |
| Sunflower County | $93,929 | −10.4% | — | $48,755 | $80,483 |
| Tallahatchie County | $109,104 | −10.8% | — | $49,346 | $81,293 |
| Tate County | $246,544 | +4.4% | — | $71,642 | $97,113 |
| Tippah County | $149,793 | +0.2% | — | $59,066 | $82,323 |
| Tishomingo County | $192,599 | −3.7% | — | $71,769 | $80,715 |
| Tunica County | $160,102 | +6.7% | — | $53,154 | $97,610 |
| Union County | $207,085 | +7.1% | — | $72,980 | $83,417 |
| Walthall County | $157,751 | −0.3% | — | $64,304 | $84,235 |
| Warren County | $147,213 | −0.2% | — | $77,377 | $86,554 |
| Washington County | $55,866 | −9.1% | — | $50,574 | $80,119 |
| Wayne County | $144,151 | +15.6% | — | $58,507 | $83,597 |
| Webster County | $169,768 | −4.1% | — | $73,271 | $85,622 |
| Wilkinson County | $115,797 | +3.5% | — | $49,091 | $82,605 |
| Winston County | $150,388 | +5.5% | — | $57,757 | $82,774 |
| Yalobusha County | $152,879 | −0.6% | — | $61,944 | $81,713 |
| Yazoo County | $109,344 | +6.2% | — | $54,480 | $94,575 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
Memphis, TN (typical rent $1,422), Jackson, MS (typical rent $1,506).
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