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Electrician Salary in Mississippi (2026)

The average Electrician in Mississippi earns around $75,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $58,685/year ($4,890/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$58,685
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$4,890
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$2,257
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$28/hr
Federal Tax
$7,670
State Tax
$2,908
FICA Taxes
$5,738
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

21.75%
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Electrician Salary Ranges in Mississippi

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$52,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$75,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$110,000

/year

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Not all Electricians earn the same — not even close

Mississippi's electrician market is anchored by the substantial MS Pascagoula petrochemical + shipbuilding industrial electrical demand (Chevron Pascagoula Refinery + Ingalls Shipbuilding + Hancock County salt dome + MS Phosphates), IBEW Local 480 Jackson + IBEW Local 733 Hattiesburg + IBEW Local 903 Gulfport + IBEW Local 718 Tupelo (Mississippi-based IBEW Locals), the MS NECA + MS ABC merit-shop pipeline, Mississippi Power (Southern Company subsidiary) + Entergy Mississippi + Cooperative Energy (Plant Daniel + Plant Watson + Grand Gulf Nuclear partial-ownership + transmission + AMI + grid modernization), Nissan Canton + Toyota Blue Springs + Yokohama Tire MS automotive plant electrical, plus substantial post-Hurricane Katrina + Camille electrical reconstruction + MS Mississippi Insurance Department claims + MS mutual aid + line-restoration crew work.

Senior Industrial Electrician (Chevron / Ingalls)

$75,000–$118,000+ OT

Industrial electrician at Chevron Pascagoula + Ingalls Shipbuilding · OBBBA OT applies

Senior Master Electrician (Commercial)

$72,000–$108,000+ OT

Master electrician at MS commercial · MS State Licensing Board for Contractors master electrician

Senior Nuclear Electrician (Entergy)

$88,000–$128,000+ OT

Nuclear electrician at Entergy Grand Gulf Nuclear partial-ownership · cleared + INPO training

Senior Lineman (MS Power Storm Crew)

$88,000–$148,000+ OT + storm premium

MS Power + Entergy MS lineman + storm crew · post-hurricane mutual aid · IBEW storm restoration premium

Senior Foreman / Superintendent

$88,000–$142,000+ TC

Electrical foreman at Brasfield & Gorrie MS + Yates + multi-trade leadership

Senior IBEW Local Journeyman

$68,000–$98,000+ OT + benefits

IBEW Local 480 Jackson + Local 733 Hattiesburg + Local 903 Gulfport + Local 718 Tupelo · scale + Davis-Bacon

Senior Electrical Inspector / Building

$52,000–$78,000+

Parish + city building electrical inspector · stable + benefits + MS state municipal pension

Senior Solar / Renewable Electrician

$68,000–$98,000+ OT

MS solar + utility-scale + commercial PV + post-IRA + Mississippi Power utility-scale solar buildout

Mid-Level Electrician (3-5 yrs)

$48,000–$72,000+ OT

Journeyman MS electrician · transitioning to senior band + master license track

Apprentice Electrician (0-3 yrs)

$30,000–$48,000+

MS electrical apprentice · IBEW + ABC MS + MS community college · entry band · 4-yr program

Worth knowing: Mississippi's substantial Pascagoula petrochemical + shipbuilding industrial electrical market is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US industrial electrical demand clusters in MS and a feature most national electrician compensation surveys understate for MS. Chevron Pascagoula Refinery + Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula + the substantial MS petrochemical + industrial cluster supports substantial industrial electrical + NFPA 70E + NEC + Class I Div 1/2 hazardous location electrical + intrinsically safe + explosion-proof + medium-voltage + high-voltage + substation + power distribution + motor control center + variable frequency drive + DCS/PLC instrumentation electrical work. Senior MS industrial electricians at Chevron + Ingalls clear $75-118K + substantial OT premium during turnaround + outage seasons. IBEW Local 480 Jackson + Local 733 Hattiesburg + Local 903 Gulfport + Local 718 Tupelo provide substantial MS union electrician training + Davis-Bacon prevailing wage work + multi-employer pension support. Entergy nuclear electrical operations at Grand Gulf Nuclear (1,500 MW BWR Port Gibson MS + Entergy Operations partial-ownership) supports substantial cleared + INPO-trained nuclear electrician work. Mississippi Power line crew + storm restoration operations (Mississippi Power serves ~190K customers in 23 SE MS counties + ~6K substations + extensive transmission lines + substantial post-Hurricane Katrina + Rita + Camille + Frederic mutual aid + grid restoration work + Entergy MS serves substantially all northern + central MS) supports substantial MS lineman + storm restoration work with substantial storm clearing $88-148K+ OT + storm premium during hurricane response. MS substantial post-IRA + Mississippi Power utility-scale solar buildout supports substantial MS solar + renewable electrician work. MS flat 4.0% by 2026 + MS personal exemption $6,000 single + no state estate tax + MS RTW since 1954 + MS retirement income FULL EXEMPTION. The 2025 No Tax on Overtime federal deduction applies through 2028.

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