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First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Salary in Mississippi

The median annual wage for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers in Mississippi is $36,530 ($17.56 per hour) -17.1% vs. the national median of $44,080. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.

Median annual wage
$36,530
Mean annual wage
$39,180
Median hourly wage
$17.56
Employment in MS
10,480

10,480 employed · 9.0 per 1,000 jobs

Wage percentiles in Mississippi

Wage distribution for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers in Mississippi (OEWS May 2025).
PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$26,310$12.65
25th percentile$28,950$13.92
Median (50th)$36,530$17.56
75th percentile$46,530$22.37
90th percentile$58,450$28.10

What this salary is worth in Mississippi

Cost-of-living adjusted salary
$42,011

Mississippi prices are 87.0 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)

Median rent burden
31.3%

Median gross rent in Mississippi: $954/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $913/mo

Est. affordable home price
$133,259

At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance

For context, the median home value in Mississippi is $169,800 (ACS 2020-2024).

Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.

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About this data

  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 17, 2026.

Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.