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Highest Paying Jobs in Mississippi

The highest paying job in Mississippi is emergency medicine physician, with an average salary of $300,550 a year, followed by general internal medicine physician ($275,760) and family medicine physician ($265,510). All 493 jobs in Mississippi below are ranked by average pay from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

#1 Emergency medicine physician $300,550 average a year #2 General internal medicine physician $275,760 average a year #3 Family medicine physician $265,510 average a year

Highest Paying Jobs in Mississippi, ranked

of 493 jobs match.

# Job Average Median
1 Emergency medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $300,550 $252,960
2 General internal medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $275,760 $325,610
3 Family medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $265,510 $235,630
4 Psychiatrist Healthcare Practitioners $218,620 $213,680
5 Nurse anesthetist Healthcare Practitioners $217,470 $198,410
6 Pediatrician Healthcare Practitioners $214,380 $183,650
7 CEO Management $173,720 $139,250
8 Health specialties teacher, postsecondary Education and Library $166,400 $137,220
9 Airline pilot Transportation and Material Moving $151,890 $143,580
10 Dentist Healthcare Practitioners $149,300 $143,660
11 Architectural and engineering manager Management $147,070 $142,790
12 Physicist Science $137,740 $129,970
13 Computer and information systems manager Management $131,880 $124,280
14 Actuary Computer and Mathematical $130,950 $106,210
15 Pharmacist Healthcare Practitioners $130,320 $133,230
16 General and operations manager Management $129,910 $106,680
17 Sales manager Management $129,830 $108,750
18 Financial manager Management $128,380 $111,390
19 Natural sciences manager Management $126,990 $119,430
20 Optometrist Healthcare Practitioners $126,580 $108,070
21 Locomotive engineer Transportation and Material Moving $125,980 $96,710
22 Industrial production manager Management $125,490 $118,660
23 Nurse practitioner Healthcare Practitioners $125,340 $124,730
24 Purchasing manager Management $122,820 $122,940
25 Human resources manager Management $122,450 $106,100
26 Marketing manager Management $120,770 $100,940
27 Commercial pilot Transportation and Material Moving $120,670 $103,640
28 Aerospace engineer Architecture and Engineering $118,560 $109,200
29 Financial advisor Business and Financial $117,880 $63,300
30 Education administrator, postsecondary Management $116,680 $86,590
31 Geoscientist Science $115,470 $112,400
32 Veterinarian Healthcare Practitioners $114,370 $105,370
33 Public relations manager Management $114,260 $97,160
34 Chemical engineer Architecture and Engineering $113,460 $106,740
35 Financial risk specialist Business and Financial $112,980 $96,100
36 Computer and information research scientist Computer and Mathematical $112,880 $109,050
37 Captains, mates, and pilot of water vessels Transportation and Material Moving $111,940 $104,220
38 Electronics engineer Architecture and Engineering $111,650 $112,400
39 Administrative services manager Management $110,620 $96,030
40 Medical and health services manager Management $109,680 $98,160
41 Lawyer Legal $108,930 $91,690
42 Electrical engineer Architecture and Engineering $108,700 $104,990
43 Construction manager Management $108,110 $99,520
44 Physician assistant Healthcare Practitioners $106,820 $105,920
45 Civil engineer Architecture and Engineering $104,840 $100,170
46 Computer network architect Computer and Mathematical $104,060 $90,990
47 Architect Architecture and Engineering $102,820 $80,870
48 Compensation and benefits manager Management $101,170 $89,250
49 Mechanical engineer Architecture and Engineering $100,690 $98,000
50 Training and development manager Management $99,900 $88,030

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published 2026), and Employment Projections education and training assignments (2025). State pages rank jobs by average (mean) salary, which BLS publishes for every job in every state; a dash means it did not publish the median. Jobs with fewer than 20,000 workers nationally are not listed.

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About the Highest Paying Jobs

Highest Paying Jobs ranks 515 US jobs by what they actually pay, using the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey (May 2025, published 2026). Filter the list by field, by the education a job needs to start, or by a minimum salary, and sort it by median pay, average pay, what the top 10% earn, hourly wage or the number of people in the job. Ready-made rankings answer the common questions: the highest paying jobs without a degree, with only a high school diploma, with an associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree, entry-level and trade jobs, the best-paid jobs in healthcare, tech, engineering and ten other fields, and the highest paying jobs in each of the 50 states and Washington DC. Every job links to its own salary page with hourly pay, the full pay range and pay by state.

How to use it

  1. 1 Start with the full ranking, or pick a ready-made list such as jobs without a degree, a field or your state.
  2. 2 Narrow it down with the field, education and minimum pay filters, or search for a job.
  3. 3 Sort by median salary, top 10% pay, hourly wage or most workers.
  4. 4 Open any job to see its pay range, hourly and monthly pay and salary in every state.

Frequently asked questions

What is the highest paying job in Mississippi?

Emergency medicine physician pays the most, with an average salary of $300,550 a year. The top three are emergency medicine physician ($300,550), general internal medicine physician ($275,760), family medicine physician ($265,510).

How many jobs in Mississippi pay over $100,000?

49 of the 493 jobs in Mississippi have an average salary of $100,000 or more a year.

Which well-paid job in Mississippi has the most openings?

Registered nurse employs the most people among the best-paid jobs there, with about 29,060 workers and an average salary of $78,950. More people in a job usually means more openings each year.

Do jobs pay more in Mississippi?

Pay is usually higher where living costs are higher, so compare a salary with rent and taxes as well. Each job’s page shows its pay in every state, and the take-home pay calculator shows a salary after state tax.