What jobs pay in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

What the all-jobs median says about Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area at $38,400 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.

BLS lists 79,940 covered jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. The all-occupations mean is $49,400 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.

Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area's $38,400 all-occupations median is 24.7% below the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.

Where Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area sits among nonmetro areas

Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area ranks 131 of 137 among nonmetro areas with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.

A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area has 79,940 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.

The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.

• 128. Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $39,050 per year and 79,560 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area is $650.
• 129. Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $38,960 per year and 152,620 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area is $560.
• 130. West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $38,940 per year and 85,640 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area is $540.
• 132. North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $38,010 per year and 119,300 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area is $390.
• 133. Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $38,000 per year and 123,590 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area is $400.
• 134. Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $37,960 per year and 62,470 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area is $440.

The largest detailed occupations shown for Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. The first row, Retail Salespersons, has 2,660 estimated jobs. Its median is $27,300 per year.

Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.

Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.

• 1. Retail Salespersons has 2,660 estimated jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $27,300 per year. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 2. Cashiers has 2,550 estimated jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $22,860 per year. Its location quotient is 1.61.
• 3. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 2,290 estimated jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $56,710 per year. Its location quotient is 2.16.
• 4. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 2,260 estimated jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $23,040 per year. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 5. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 1,920 estimated jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $21,930 per year. Its location quotient is 0.97.
• 6. Registered Nurses has 1,720 estimated jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $75,070 per year. Its location quotient is 0.99.
• 7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 1,620 estimated jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $33,820 per year. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 8. Nursing Assistants has 1,530 estimated jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $30,780 per year. Its location quotient is 2.06.

How published medians differ inside Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

The detailed roles shown for Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area do not share one pay level. Registered Nurses has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $75,070 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.

The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $38,400 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.

Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.

• 1. Registered Nurses has a published median of $75,070 per year in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,720 jobs. Its local share is 0.99 times the national share.
• 2. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a published median of $56,710 per year in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,290 jobs. Its local share is 2.16 times the national share.
• 3. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a published median of $55,030 per year in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 930 jobs. Its local share is 1.26 times the national share.
• 4. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a published median of $48,980 per year in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 840 jobs. Its local share is 2.52 times the national share.
• 5. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a published median of $48,460 per year in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 780 jobs. Its local share is 1.42 times the national share.
• 6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a published median of $48,140 per year in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 950 jobs. Its local share is 1.33 times the national share.
• 7. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a published median of $45,780 per year in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 800 jobs. Its local share is 2.01 times the national share.
• 8. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a published median of $45,450 per year in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,030 jobs. Its local share is 1.31 times the national share.

Roles with a larger local share in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 2.52. The same row has 840 jobs and a median of $48,980 per year. Read all three fields together.

A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.

• 1. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 2.52 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 840 jobs and a median of $48,980 per year.
• 2. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 2.33 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 770 jobs and a median of $21,630 per year.
• 3. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 2.16 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,290 jobs and a median of $56,710 per year.
• 4. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 2.06 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,530 jobs and a median of $30,780 per year.
• 5. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 2.01 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 800 jobs and a median of $45,780 per year.
• 6. Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics has a location quotient of 1.93 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 700 jobs and a median of $37,720 per year.
• 7. Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers has a location quotient of 1.88 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 650 jobs and a median of $39,020 per year.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a location quotient of 1.81 in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,050 jobs and a median of $44,780 per year.

What the BEA price level adds for Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

WageScope has no exact approved 2024 BEA price row for Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area. It does not use a nearby place. It does not copy a state value into a local row. The May 2025 BLS wage page stays useful without that extra source.

A missing BEA row means the page cannot show the national-price-dollar proxy. It does not mean local prices equal the U.S. level. It does not mean the area has low or high prices. The source is absent for this exact map key, so the answer stays absent.

You can still compare the same BLS wage metric with the U.S. row or with like area rows. Keep that as a nominal wage comparison. Add price context only when an exact, current, reviewed source row is available.

How to read survey limits for Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

The all-occupations employment RSE for Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.

The employment RSE belongs to the 79,940 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role has its own survey error fields when BLS shares them.

Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.

Use Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area as a map, then choose one occupation

Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.

Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.

If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.

Move from Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area wage data to one checked job

The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.

Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area's $38,400 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.

Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.

What this Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area page does not say

The page does not say what one person in Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 131 of 137 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.

The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.

Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.