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5 healthcare jobs where pay in Mississippi lags the U.S. median
Mississippi's hygienist gap is about as deep as the aide gap, and a home-care brief will miss it.
The staffing review mentioned aides and then treated the rest of Mississippi as the same kind of cheap.
Home health and personal care aides have a median of $23,860 against $35,800 nationally, 0.67 of the country figure. That will stall an aide req, and it is not the only stall on the page.
Dental hygienists are at $67,280 against $98,100 nationally, 0.69 of the country figure. A licensed clinical wage that far under the country will not be saved by an aide anecdote. Write the hygienist offer from the hygienist row.
Ranked table
| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $23,860 | $35,800 | 0.67 |
| 2 | Dental Hygienists | $67,280 | $98,100 | 0.69 |
| 3 | Radiologic Technologists and Technicians | $59,300 | $80,110 | 0.74 |
| 4 | Nursing Assistants | $31,520 | $42,260 | 0.75 |
| 5 | Medical Assistants | $35,360 | $45,690 | 0.77 |
Takeaways
- Radiologic technologists and technicians are at $59,300 against $80,110 nationally, 0.74 of the country figure.
- Nursing assistants are at $31,520 against $42,260 nationally, which is 0.75 of the country figure.
- Medical assistants are the closest of these five, at $35,360 against $45,690, or 0.77 of the country figure.
- Mississippi is 3 of 31 on this kind of list. Five different gaps are why the page exists.
For recruiters
- Open the hygienist req on its own and retire the line that says Mississippi pays less, full stop.
- Keep the aide wage fix. Do not let it stand in for imaging, dental, or assistant offers.
FAQ
- Are these posted wages or open jobs?
- No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.
- What should a recruiter do first?
- Follow the recruiter note on this page.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Mississippi OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Mississippi is 3 of 31. A row links to the Mississippi metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $23,860 is stated as about $23.9K. $35,800 is stated as about $35.8K. a comparison of 0.67 is stated as 33 percent. $35,360 is stated as about $35.4K. $45,690 is stated as about $45.7K. a comparison of 0.77 is stated as 23 percent. Rounded figures in the prose: $67,280 is stated as about $67.3K. $59,300 is stated as about $59.3K. a comparison of 0.74 is stated as 26 percent. $31,520 is stated as about $31.5K. a comparison of 0.75 is stated as 25 percent.
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