Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Jackson, MS

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay range in Jackson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $63,140 a year or less, while the top 10% make $132,890 or more. The middle half of nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Jackson earn between $67,560 and $106,400.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year (BLS publishes this job's pay as annual only). Hourly to annual salary.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Jackson vs. Mississippi and the U.S.

Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Jackson earn 13% more than the Mississippi average ($78,460) and about the same as the U.S. average ($86,410). At the median the gap is +4% against the U.S. median of $80,250.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary after taxes in Jackson

On the average salary of $88,670, a single filer in Jackson takes home about $68,395 a year, or $5,700 a month and $2,631 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% of gross pay.

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

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Is Jackson a good place for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary? 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 $88,670 buys what about $99,576 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Jackson ($42,850). A typical home costs $215,136, or 2.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other Mississippi cities

Jackson ranks 1st of 2 Mississippi metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Waco, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($163,530).

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