Bartenders Salary in Jackson, MS

Bartenders pay range in Jackson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $16,620 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,050 or more. The middle half of bartenders in Jackson earn between $19,040 and $49,710.

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

Bartenders salary after taxes in Jackson

On the average salary of $37,090, a single filer in Jackson takes home about $31,230 a year, or $2,603 a month and $1,201 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% 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 bartenders? 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 $37,090 buys what about $41,652 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Jackson ($42,850). A typical home costs $215,136, or 5.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bartenders salary in other Mississippi cities

Jackson ranks 2nd of 3 Mississippi metro areas for this job; Gulfport pays the most ($37,160).

All Bartenders salaries in Mississippi

Highest-paying cities for bartenders

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($91,360).

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• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$28,100 a year
• Waiters and Waitresses$25,460 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,940 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$60,760 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,640 a year
• Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other$31,350 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$29,000 a year
• Cooks, Short Order$28,260 a year

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