Financial Analyst salary in Mississippi

Official occupation: 13-2051 Financial and Investment Analysts · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In Mississippi, the median financial analyst earns $79,580 a year, 23% below the United States median of $102,740.

It ranks 48th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $132,440, 2.6 times the $50,290 that marks the bottom 10%.

With 720 jobs and a location quotient of 0.26, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Mississippi is $40,120, so this role pays 2.0 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureMississippiNational
Median annual pay Observed$79,580United States: $102,740
Mean annual pay Observed$87,580United States: $116,800
10th percentile Observed$50,290United States: $63,720
25th percentile Observed$60,710United States: $79,290
75th percentile Observed$103,870United States: $133,340
90th percentile Observed$132,440United States: $180,860
Median hourly pay Observed$38.26United States: $49.40
Employment (jobs) Observed720
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed0.616
Location quotient Observed0.26
Difference from United States median ($102,740) Derived−23%
Rank among 51 states Derived48
Ratio to Mississippi all-occupation median ($40,120) Derived1.98×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.63

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 46. Arkansas$81,110
  2. 47. Oklahoma$79,640
  3. 48. Mississippi$79,580
  4. 49. North Dakota$78,170
  5. 50. Louisiana$75,680

Largest cities in Mississippi: Jackson, Gulfport, West Gulfport, Southaven, Hattiesburg (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.