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Average Furniture Finishers Salary in Mississippi

Furniture Finishers in Mississippi earn a median annual salary of $31,540, which is -25.8% compared to the national median. There are 70 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Mississippi (state).

$31,540
Mississippi median annual wage
$15/hour median
-25.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $42,530
70
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.61
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$27,920
25th
$29,900
Median
$31,540
75th
$43,010
90th
$49,300

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
$36,272
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 78.4%
Rents: 56.5%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Massachusetts$62,590Compare200
Connecticut$57,530Compare30
Nebraska$49,860Compare40
Rhode Island$48,790CompareN/A
Colorado$48,380Compare160
Minnesota$48,370Compare330

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

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Pediatricians, General$236,8600.19
Family Medicine Physicians$231,5800.96
Nurse Anesthetists$197,4900.71
Psychiatrists$195,2100.51
Architectural And Engineering Managers$136,0100.56
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$132,6301.22
Pharmacists$132,4201.24
Dentists, General$128,5700.97

Mississippi has salary data for 681 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Pediatricians, General.

Historical series

Trend for Furniture Finishers in Mississippi

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Furniture Finishers are projected to change by -3.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,000 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.