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Jackson, MS jobs and wages

Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.

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Quick answer

Workers in Jackson, MS earn a median of $30,096 a year, 33% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 9.4% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 26.7% of jobs.

Median earnings
$30,096#93 of 94 metros
Unemployment rate
9.4%US 5.2%
Labor force participation
60.6%US 63.5%
People employed
64,467Civilian employed, age 16+

What Jackson does for a living

Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.

  • Education, health care & social assistance26.7%
  • Retail trade12.4%
  • Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food11.9%
  • Professional, scientific & management9.2%
  • Manufacturing8.8%
  • Public administration6.3%
  • Transportation, warehousing & utilities6%
  • Other services, except public administration6%
  • Finance, insurance & real estate4.7%
  • Construction4.3%
  • Wholesale trade1.7%
  • Information1.6%
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.4%

Related data for Jackson

Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.

Other Jackson datasets on this site.

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