Best jobs in Mississippi
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Mississippi, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Mississippi (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Mississippi pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$544,130 vs $358,550 · +51.8%
$124,730 vs $132,300 · -5.7%
$50,040 vs $64,120 · -22.0%
$23,860 vs $35,800 · -33.4%
$22,610 vs $31,200 · -27.5%
$28,640 vs $35,410 · -19.1%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 672 scored occupations — show all 672show top 25
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
157
$59,290
+3.7%
19
173
$59,320
+0.3%
18
197
$48,440
+3.1%
16
255
$74,990
+1.9%
14
257
$42,590
+6.3%
14
281
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$43,270
+4.6%
13
408
$47,130
+2.3%
10
465
$46,560
+2.0%
9
524
$44,220
+1.2%
8
552
$40,650
-12.1%
8
565
$49,900
-13.7%
7
573
$49,930
-19.6%
7
592
$42,660
-12.0%
6
593
$39,730
-3.8%
6
595
$43,890
-4.3%
6
644
$37,460
-9.0%
5
Live jobs in Mississippi
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.