Mississippi was 23.3% below the U.S. median for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. It ranked 29 of 32 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Mississippi was 87, or 13% below the national price level. Its housing index was 56.5.
National-price-dollar proxy
$54,121
WageScope divides the published Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters in Mississippi: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 47-5032 and BLS area 28.
Questions, answered
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters pay in Mississippi: common questions
What is the median wage for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters in Mississippi?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $47,060 per year for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters in Mississippi. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters pay higher in Mississippi than nationally?
Mississippi's published median was 23.3% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Mississippi?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 87.0 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs does BLS estimate in Mississippi?
From market data to your evidence
Tailor for a real Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters job, not a generic wage number.
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What the Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median says in Mississippi
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median in Mississippi at $47,060 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 47-5032 and BLS area 28.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $49,970 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Mississippi's Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median is 23.3% below the U.S. Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $61,390 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 47-5032 and area 28. SOC 47-5032 names Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Area 28 names Mississippi. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 47-5032/28 row reports 40 wage and salary jobs, 0.04 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.16 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 47-5032/28, the annual median is $47,060 per year, while the matching mean is $49,970 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 28 facts behind this Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters page
Area 28 reports 1,163,030 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $50,810. Its annual median is $40,120. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 47-5032 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Mississippi runs from $22,970 at the 10th percentile to $84,500 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $29,760. The median is $40,120. The 75th percentile is $60,180. This is a place check, not a pay range for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 28. They do not show related skills or a path into Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
1. Area 28, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 38,400 jobs, $28,640 annual median, 33.02 jobs per 1,000, and 1.32 location quotient.
2. Area 28, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 31,220 jobs, $22,610 annual median, 26.84 jobs per 1,000, and 1.08 location quotient.
3. Area 28, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 30,750 jobs, $36,400 annual median, 26.44 jobs per 1,000, and 1.39 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Mississippi wage ladder for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
The 10th percentile is $37,480 per year. The 25th percentile is $42,540 per year. The median is $47,060 per year. The 75th percentile is $59,130 per year. The 90th percentile is $66,190 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $42,540 per year to $59,130 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $28,710. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Mississippi has a annual median of $47,060 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $61,390 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Mississippi. Mississippi is 23.3% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Mississippi sits for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
Mississippi ranks 29 of 32 among states and territories with a published annual median for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 29 of 32 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
26. Wisconsin has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $52,400 per year, 60 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.65.
27. Kentucky has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $50,360 per year, 380 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 5.83.
28. West Virginia has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $49,630 per year, 50 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 2.31.
Pay leaders
Where Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 47-5032, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. New Jersey has the highest published median in this set, at $100,520 per year. Mississippi sits at $47,060 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. New Jersey has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $100,520 per year, or $53,460 above Mississippi. BLS lists Not published jobs there, compared with 40 in Mississippi. The location quotient is Not published.
2. New York has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $96,940 per year, or $49,880 above Mississippi. BLS lists Not published jobs there, compared with 40 in Mississippi. The location quotient is Not published.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs
Texas has the largest published state job estimate for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters in this same-source set, at 460 jobs. Mississippi has 40. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Texas has 460 estimated Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs, a gap of 420 jobs from Mississippi. Its median is $56,600 per year, or $9,540 above Mississippi. Its location quotient is 0.99.
2. Kentucky has 380 estimated Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs, a gap of 340 jobs from Mississippi. Its median is $50,360 per year, or $3,300 above Mississippi. Its location quotient is 5.83.
Local-share leaders
Where Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters takes the largest share of local jobs
Wyoming has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 6.27. Mississippi has 1.16. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Wyoming has a location quotient of 6.27, a gap of 5.11 from Mississippi. BLS lists 60 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs and a median of $85,070 per year, or $38,010 above Mississippi.
2. Oklahoma has a location quotient of 5.98, a gap of 4.82 from Mississippi. BLS lists 330 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs and a median of $55,180 per year, or $8,120 above Mississippi.
Job scale and share
How common Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters is in Mississippi
BLS lists 40 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs in Mississippi. It also lists 0.04 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.16. A value of 1 means Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters beside other roles in Mississippi
The all-occupations median in Mississippi is $40,120 per year. The Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median is $47,060 per year. Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters is 17.3% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Mississippi. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Mississippi median of $45,760 per year. BLS lists 13,020 jobs and a location quotient of 1.55.
2. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Mississippi median of $44,350 per year. BLS lists 14,550 jobs and a location quotient of 1.27.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Mississippi
Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Mississippi table, at 38,400 jobs. Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters has 40 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 1,163,030. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Retail Salespersons has 38,400 jobs in Mississippi, a gap of 38,360 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its median is $28,640 per year, or $18,420 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.32.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 31,220 jobs in Mississippi, a gap of 31,180 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its median is $22,610 per year, or $24,450 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.08.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Mississippi
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Mississippi role table, at $106,680 per year. Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters has $47,060 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $40,120 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $106,680 per year in Mississippi, or $59,620 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 10,630 jobs, compared with 40 for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 0.41.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $77,090 per year in Mississippi, or $30,030 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 29,060 jobs, compared with 40 for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.15.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Mississippi
Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Mississippi role table, at 2.33. Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters has 1.16. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 2.33 in Mississippi, a gap of 1.17 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 11,170 jobs and a median of $22,670 per year, or $24,390 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
2. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 2.03 in Mississippi, a gap of 0.87 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 9,850 jobs and a median of $50,220 per year, or $3,160 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
Price-level view
What $47,060 may mean after the Mississippi price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Mississippi is 87.0. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 13.0% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $47,060 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median by 87.0 divided by 100. The result is $54,121 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 56.5. Goods are 96.2. Utilities are 78.4. Other services are 96.1. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters row is 6.2%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.7%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 40 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $49,970 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. It uses a Mississippi place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $47,060 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters row for Mississippi does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 40 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.16 is not a growth score. Rank 29 of 32 is not a place score. The 87.0 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 47-5032 in BLS area 28. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 40 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 28, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 30,490 jobs, $26,390 annual median, 26.21 jobs per 1,000, and 1.32 location quotient.
5. Area 28, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 29,060 jobs, $77,090 annual median, 24.99 jobs per 1,000, and 1.15 location quotient.
6. Area 28, SOC 53-3032, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers: 24,160 jobs, $51,820 annual median, 20.77 jobs per 1,000, and 1.57 location quotient.
30. Ohio has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $46,630 per year, 120 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.67.
31. Louisiana has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $39,900 per year, 130 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 2.01.
32. Iowa has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $39,520 per year, 90 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.78.
3. North Carolina has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $85,630 per year, or $38,570 above Mississippi. BLS lists 160 jobs there, compared with 40 in Mississippi. The location quotient is 0.96.
4. Wyoming has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $85,070 per year, or $38,010 above Mississippi. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 40 in Mississippi. The location quotient is 6.27.
5. Pennsylvania has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $84,400 per year, or $37,340 above Mississippi. BLS lists Not published jobs there, compared with 40 in Mississippi. The location quotient is Not published.
6. California has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $80,370 per year, or $33,310 above Mississippi. BLS lists 220 jobs there, compared with 40 in Mississippi. The location quotient is 0.37.
7. New Mexico has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $78,960 per year, or $31,900 above Mississippi. BLS lists 80 jobs there, compared with 40 in Mississippi. The location quotient is 2.97.
8. Tennessee has a Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters median of $74,190 per year, or $27,130 above Mississippi. BLS lists 70 jobs there, compared with 40 in Mississippi. The location quotient is 0.65.
3. Indiana has 330 estimated Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs, a gap of 290 jobs from Mississippi. Its median is $59,110 per year, or $12,050 above Mississippi. Its location quotient is 3.18.
4. Oklahoma has 330 estimated Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs, a gap of 290 jobs from Mississippi. Its median is $55,180 per year, or $8,120 above Mississippi. Its location quotient is 5.98.
5. Nevada has 260 estimated Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs, a gap of 220 jobs from Mississippi. Its median is $60,500 per year, or $13,440 above Mississippi. Its location quotient is 5.19.
6. California has 220 estimated Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs, a gap of 180 jobs from Mississippi. Its median is $80,370 per year, or $33,310 above Mississippi. Its location quotient is 0.37.
7. North Carolina has 160 estimated Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs, a gap of 120 jobs from Mississippi. Its median is $85,630 per year, or $38,570 above Mississippi. Its location quotient is 0.96.
8. Missouri has 150 estimated Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs, a gap of 110 jobs from Mississippi. Its median is $64,040 per year, or $16,980 above Mississippi. Its location quotient is 1.53.
3. Kentucky has a location quotient of 5.83, a gap of 4.67 from Mississippi. BLS lists 380 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs and a median of $50,360 per year, or $3,300 above Mississippi.
4. Nevada has a location quotient of 5.19, a gap of 4.03 from Mississippi. BLS lists 260 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs and a median of $60,500 per year, or $13,440 above Mississippi.
5. Hawaii has a location quotient of 5.12, a gap of 3.96 from Mississippi. BLS lists 110 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs and a median of $64,560 per year, or $17,500 above Mississippi.
6. Indiana has a location quotient of 3.18, a gap of 2.02 from Mississippi. BLS lists 330 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs and a median of $59,110 per year, or $12,050 above Mississippi.
7. New Mexico has a location quotient of 2.97, a gap of 1.81 from Mississippi. BLS lists 80 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs and a median of $78,960 per year, or $31,900 above Mississippi.
8. West Virginia has a location quotient of 2.31, a gap of 1.15 from Mississippi. BLS lists 50 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters jobs and a median of $49,630 per year, or $2,570 above Mississippi.
3. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Mississippi median of $49,790 per year. BLS lists 11,060 jobs and a location quotient of 1.07.
4. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, SOC 29-2061, has a Mississippi median of $50,220 per year. BLS lists 9,850 jobs and a location quotient of 2.03.
5. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, SOC 53-7051, has a Mississippi median of $43,420 per year. BLS lists 9,640 jobs and a location quotient of 1.66.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, SOC 25-2031, has a Mississippi median of $50,980 per year. BLS lists 10,400 jobs and a location quotient of 1.3.
7. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Mississippi median of $42,840 per year. BLS lists 12,160 jobs and a location quotient of 1.18.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Mississippi median of $51,820 per year. BLS lists 24,160 jobs and a location quotient of 1.57.
3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 30,750 jobs in Mississippi, a gap of 30,710 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its median is $36,400 per year, or $10,660 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.39.
4. Cashiers has 30,490 jobs in Mississippi, a gap of 30,450 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its median is $26,390 per year, or $20,670 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.32.
5. Registered Nurses has 29,060 jobs in Mississippi, a gap of 29,020 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its median is $77,090 per year, or $30,030 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.15.
6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 24,160 jobs in Mississippi, a gap of 24,120 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its median is $51,820 per year, or $4,760 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.57.
7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 23,420 jobs in Mississippi, a gap of 23,380 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its median is $34,270 per year, or $12,790 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.1.
8. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 21,800 jobs in Mississippi, a gap of 21,760 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its median is $23,860 per year, or $23,200 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 0.68.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $58,380 per year in Mississippi, or $11,320 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 13,680 jobs, compared with 40 for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.27.
4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $51,820 per year in Mississippi, or $4,760 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 24,160 jobs, compared with 40 for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.57.
5. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $50,980 per year in Mississippi, or $3,920 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 10,400 jobs, compared with 40 for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.3.
6. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $50,220 per year in Mississippi, or $3,160 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 9,850 jobs, compared with 40 for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 2.03.
7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $49,790 per year in Mississippi, or $2,730 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 11,060 jobs, compared with 40 for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.07.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a median of $45,760 per year in Mississippi, or $1,300 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 13,020 jobs, compared with 40 for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. Its location quotient is 1.55.
3. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks has a location quotient of 1.85 in Mississippi, a gap of 0.69 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 11,330 jobs and a median of $38,620 per year, or $8,440 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
4. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 1.66 in Mississippi, a gap of 0.50 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 9,640 jobs and a median of $43,420 per year, or $3,640 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
5. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.6 in Mississippi, a gap of 0.44 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 16,800 jobs and a median of $39,070 per year, or $7,990 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.57 in Mississippi, a gap of 0.41 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 24,160 jobs and a median of $51,820 per year, or $4,760 above Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a location quotient of 1.55 in Mississippi, a gap of 0.39 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 13,020 jobs and a median of $45,760 per year, or $1,300 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.39 in Mississippi, a gap of 0.23 from Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters. BLS lists 30,750 jobs and a median of $36,400 per year, or $10,660 below Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters.
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