Financial Analyst Salary in Mississippi (2026)

Worth knowing: Hancock Whitney HQ Gulfport is one of the country's most distinctive multi-state US Gulf Coast regional banks HQ'd in MS and a feature most national FA surveys understate for MS. Hancock Whitney (post-2018 Hancock Holding Company Gulfport + Whitney Holding Corporation New Orleans merger forming the largest US bank HQ'd between New Orleans + Houston, ~$36B assets, NYSE-listed, ~4,200 total employees including ~1,500 Gulfport HQ) operates substantial regional corporate banking + credit analysis + Gulf Coast commercial finance + middle-market M&A advisory + wealth management serving LA + MS + AL + FL + TX customers. Senior Hancock Whitney corporate FAs clear $108-165K. Trustmark Bank HQ Jackson (the largest MS-HQ'd bank, ~$18B assets, founded 1889, ~2,500 employees + serving MS + AL + FL + TN) operates substantial in-house FP&A + commercial credit + regional banking analytics. Cal-Maine Foods HQ Ridgeland (Fortune 1000 ~$3B revenue + the country's largest US shell egg producer with ~25M laying hens + ~33K employees serving customers across 26 states) operates substantial corporate finance + treasury + commodity hedging + feed input cost management. Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula operates substantial Department of Defense shipbuilding contract finance + EVMS earned value management + cost analysis supporting US Navy DDG + LPD + LHA + NSC programs at $108-162K senior level. MS flat 4.0% by 2026 (post-2022 HB 531 + 2025 HB 1 Build Up Mississippi Act phasing to 0% by 2037) + MS personal exemption $6,000 single + no state estate tax (repealed 2005) + MS RTW since 1954 + MS retirement income FULL EXEMPTION at any age + lower JAN + GPT + BIX cost of living anchor the MS FA proposition.