Electrical Engineers Salary in Jackson, MS

Electrical Engineers pay range in Jackson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $57,920 a year or less, while the top 10% make $160,460 or more. The middle half of electrical engineers in Jackson earn between $83,120 and $131,980.

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

Electrical Engineers salary after taxes in Jackson

On the average salary of $111,970, a single filer in Jackson takes home about $83,854 a year, or $6,988 a month and $3,225 every two weeks. Taxes take 25% 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 electrical engineers? 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 $111,970 buys what about $125,741 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Jackson ($42,850). A typical home costs $215,136, or 1.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Electrical Engineers salary in other Mississippi cities

Jackson ranks 2nd of 3 Mississippi metro areas for this job; Hattiesburg pays the most ($113,630).

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Highest-paying cities for electrical engineers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($189,370).

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• Civil Engineers$103,460 a year
• Industrial Engineers$95,500 a year
• Mechanical Engineers$89,920 a year
• Environmental Engineers$79,560 a year
• Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$102,290 a year
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$81,300 a year
• Surveyors$67,000 a year
• Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$62,540 a year

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