Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Mississippi

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Mississippi, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Mississippi are those of psychiatrist, with an average annual salary of $218,370. The second highest-paying jobs are those of general internal medicine physician, with an average salary of $207,900.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Mississippi has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Mississippi in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Mississippi (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Psychiatrists	$218,370	$49,880	50
2	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$207,900	$122,420	190
3	General Pediatricians	$193,700	$214,390	100
4	Family Medicine Physicians	$188,570	$127,860	780
5	Nurse Anesthetists	$180,450	$122,420	400
6	Orthodontists	$176,720	$95,730	40
7	General Dentists	$140,040	$63,170	720
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$131,430	$79,230	930
9	Pharmacists	$129,080	$70,810	3,220
10	All Other Physicians	$128,910	$48,130	2,270
11	Chief Executives	$123,550	$50,330	710
12	Physicists	$122,910	$55,520	50
13	Petroleum Engineers	$114,340	$86,630	130
14	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$113,710	$94,370	170
15	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	$110,590	$34,900	960
16	Optometrists	$110,170	$57,060	270
17	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$109,290	$48,060	1,580
18	Nurse Practitioners	$108,920	$85,640	4,000
19	Chemical Engineers	$108,220	$76,790	150
20	Commercial Pilots	$106,850	$49,850	330
21	Database Architects	$105,550	$42,740	90
22	Actuaries	$103,820	$69,900	40
23	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$103,790	$67,230	300
24	Engineers, All Other	$103,790	$40,250	450
25	Sales Managers	$102,980	$47,440	1,300
26	Natural Sciences Managers	$102,800	$53,710	190
27	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$102,710	$62,010	1,260
28	Industrial Production Managers	$102,630	$60,000	1,370
29	Purchasing Managers	$101,870	$54,490	350
30	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	$99,310	$81,170	80
31	Physical Therapists	$97,750	$69,300	1,820
32	Electrical Engineers	$96,480	$59,680	1,070
33	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$96,040	$65,180	460
34	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$95,760	$48,600	330
35	Veterinarians	$95,200	$59,660	470
36	Nuclear Technicians	$95,180	$50,180	60
37	Computer Network Architects	$94,540	$54,400	290
38	Occupational Therapists	$91,800	$64,370	1,160
39	Software Developers	$91,750	$52,470	2,600
40	Power Plant Operators	$90,080	$65,410	410
41	Geoscientists (Except Hydrologists and Geographers)	$89,190	$50,920	330
42	Training and Development Managers	$88,970	$56,070	200
43	Human Resources Managers	$88,790	$58,860	650
44	Air Traffic Controllers	$88,770	$68,140	120
45	Civil Engineers	$87,670	$50,780	2,000
46	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$87,210	$25,400	70
47	Financial Managers	$85,440	$48,990	3,630
48	Commercial and Industrial Designers	$84,310	$55,520	690
49	Computer Occupations, All Other	$84,260	$41,030	1,060
50	Other Education Administrators	$83,990	$42,870	120
51	Orthotists and Prosthetists	$83,360	$48,370	50
52	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$82,720	$75,230	170
53	All Other Managers	$82,490	$46,240	740
54	Management Analysts	$82,380	$39,710	3,030
55	Marketing Managers	$82,270	$44,820	880
56	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$81,990	$66,480	340
57	Mechanical Engineers	$81,990	$56,480	1,110
58	All Other Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners	$81,990	$66,480	130
59	Radiation Therapists	$81,820	$59,900	110
60	Industrial Engineers	$81,760	$57,880	1,980
61	Financial Risk Specialists	$81,720	$41,710	110
62	Social Scientists and Related Workers	$81,660	$49,520	170
63	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$81,640	$43,270	550
64	Materials Engineers	$81,190	$57,360	130
65	Information Security Analysts	$81,140	$50,110	560
66	Medical and Health Services Managers	$80,950	$53,800	4,610
67	Architects (Except Landscape and Naval)	$80,890	$45,010	310
68	Gaming Managers	$80,750	$56,530	110
69	Lawyers	$80,540	$39,190	3,200
70	Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers	$80,410	$37,870	140
71	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$80,280	$49,240	1,910
72	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$80,110	$36,570	80
73	Operations Research Analysts	$79,690	$45,230	170
74	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$79,540	$47,710	260
75	Computer Hardware Engineers	$79,350	$44,440	160
76	Soil and Plant Scientists	$79,350	$44,720	90
77	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$78,780	$45,250	1,500
78	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$78,680	$46,660	80
79	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$78,620	$51,910	70
80	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$78,600	$61,380	2,840
81	Administrative Services Managers	$78,350	$45,400	2,900
82	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$78,240	$40,060	170
83	Aerospace Engineers	$78,080	$37,860	150
84	Chemists	$77,990	$49,000	200
85	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$77,520	$34,910	820
86	Postsecondary Architecture Teachers	$77,220	$59,800	70
87	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$76,280	$46,020	530
88	Project Management Specialists	$74,830	$44,610	2,100
89	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$74,830	$60,860	150
90	Sales Engineers	$74,630	$55,470	110
91	Avionics Technicians	$74,610	$55,320	100
92	Postsecondary Chemistry Teachers	$74,460	$44,400	150
93	Postsecondary Home Economics Teachers	$74,380	$47,960	70
94	Speech-Language Pathologists	$73,000	$47,970	1,460
95	Other Biological Scientists	$72,820	$33,820	380
96	Financial Examiners	$72,470	$32,720	240
97	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$71,580	$43,370	1,220
98	Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firer	$71,290	$64,360	110
99	Public Relations Managers	$71,240	$43,040	210
100	Database Administrators	$70,760	$43,310	240

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Mississippi – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$171,400
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$168,260
3	General Dentists	$162,390
4	Psychiatrists	$134,370
5	All Other Physicians	$128,910
6	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$127,720
7	Pharmacists	$127,050
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$126,290
9	Optometrists	$120,910
10	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$111,260

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Mississippi – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$203,280
2	General Pediatricians	$193,700
3	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$188,560
4	Nurse Anesthetists	$172,220
5	General Dentists	$157,710
6	Podiatrists	$155,740
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$130,260
8	Other Specialists Dentists	$124,880
9	Pharmacists	$124,680
10	Nurse Midwives	$124,350

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Mississippi – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$202,490
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$175,990
3	General Dentists	$143,980
4	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$139,420
5	Pharmacists	$123,910
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$123,720
7	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$118,600
8	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$116,240
9	Nurse Midwives	$115,530
10	Optometrists	$115,140

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