Hinds County · Mississippi
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.
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%.