Project Manager Salary in Mississippi (2026)

Worth knowing: Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula naval program PM is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US shipbuilding program management markets and a feature most national PM surveys understate for MS. Ingalls (Huntington Ingalls Industries HII subsidiary, ~11K Pascagoula employees + the largest MS private employer + the largest US Navy shipbuilder by employment + the only US producer of LPD-17 San Antonio-class Amphibious Transport Docks + LHA-6 America-class Amphibious Assault Ships + DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class Flight III Guided-Missile Destroyers + Legend-class National Security Cutters NSC + ~$8B annual revenue of HII shipbuilding) operates substantial cleared naval program PM across multi-decade US Navy + Coast Guard shipbuilding programs each spanning ~5-7 years per hull + ~$2B+ per major surface combatant. Senior Ingalls cleared naval program managers clear $135-215K+ TC + TS/SCI clearance + EVMS earned value management premiums. Chevron Pascagoula Refinery (~330K bpd, the country's 9th US refinery by capacity + the largest US East Coast refinery + ~1,500 employees + substantial post-Hurricane Katrina + Rita + post-Mobile Bay + post-Mississippi River infrastructure rebuilding programs) operates substantial refinery turnaround + capex + reliability + environmental compliance PM. Nissan Canton Assembly Plant (opened 2003 + ~5K employees + ~$3B+ Nissan investment + building Frontier + Titan + Murano + NV Cargo + Pathfinder) operates substantial manufacturing launch + retool + capex PM. Toyota Mississippi Blue Springs (opened 2011 + ~2K employees + Toyota Corolla manufacturing) operates similar manufacturing PM. UMMC Jackson + North MS Health Tupelo hospital construction + facility expansion PM supports substantial MS healthcare capex. 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 + lower JAN + GPT + BIX cost of living anchor the MS PM proposition.