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
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
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
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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