Air Traffic Controllers Salary in Jackson, MS

Air Traffic Controllers pay range in Jackson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $73,320 a year or less, while the top 10% make $120,000 or more. The middle half of air traffic controllers in Jackson earn between $80,290 and $112,820.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Air Traffic Controllers salary after taxes in Jackson

On the average salary of $94,300, a single filer in Jackson takes home about $72,130 a year, or $6,011 a month and $2,774 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Jackson a good place for air traffic controllers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Jackson area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.0), so the average $94,300 buys what about $105,898 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Jackson ($42,850). A typical home costs $215,136, or 2.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Air Traffic Controllers salary in other Mississippi cities

Jackson ranks 2nd of 2 Mississippi metro areas for this job; Gulfport pays the most ($97,250).

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Highest-paying cities for air traffic controllers

San Francisco, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($179,320).

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