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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Salary in Mississippi

The median annual wage for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Mississippi is $36,400 ($17.50 per hour) -9.5% vs. the national median of $40,240. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.

Median annual wage
$36,400
Mean annual wage
$37,170
Median hourly wage
$17.50
Employment in MS
30,750

30,750 employed · 26.4 per 1,000 jobs

Wage percentiles in Mississippi

Wage distribution for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Mississippi (OEWS May 2025).
PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$27,740$13.34
25th percentile$30,830$14.82
Median (50th)$36,400$17.50
75th percentile$43,750$21.03
90th percentile$47,280$22.73

What this salary is worth in Mississippi

Cost-of-living adjusted salary
$41,862

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

Median rent burden
31.5%

Median gross rent in Mississippi: $954/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $910/mo

Est. affordable home price
$132,785

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 13, 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.