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Average Cooling And Freezing Equipment Operators And Tenders Salary in Mississippi

Cooling And Freezing Equipment Operators And Tenders in Mississippi earn a median annual salary of $38,200, which is -7.6% compared to the national median. There are 360 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Mississippi (state).

$38,200
Mississippi median annual wage
$18/hour median
-7.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $41,330
360
Local employment
0.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
7.00
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$23,760
25th
$29,200
Median
$38,200
75th
$38,880
90th
$39,940

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Mississippi, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
87.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$43,932
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 78.4%
Rents: 56.5%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Nebraska $68,170 Compare 60
Iowa $62,520 Compare 290
Indiana $55,730 Compare 50
Missouri $53,940 Compare 200
New Jersey $51,460 Compare 100
Washington $50,870 Compare 60

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Mississippi

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $544,130 N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians $325,610 0.78
Physicians, Pathologists $261,570 0.62
Emergency Medicine Physicians $252,960 1.83
Family Medicine Physicians $235,630 0.71
Physicians, All Other $228,130 N/A
Psychiatrists $213,680 0.55
Nurse Anesthetists $198,410 1.23

Mississippi has salary data for 689 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric.

Historical series

Trend for Cooling And Freezing Equipment Operators And Tenders in Mississippi

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Cooling And Freezing Equipment Operators And Tenders are projected to change by +7.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 800 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.