SOC 23-1021 · Legal Occupations · May 2025

How much do Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers make in Jackson, MS?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers in Jackson, MS is $83,780. The 10th percentile is $45,970 and the 90th percentile is $166,920. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$83,780

10th percentile
$45,970
25th percentile
$59,530
Median
$83,780
75th percentile
$133,470
90th percentile
$166,920
Mean
$100,580

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers, the published 10th percentile is $45,970 and the 90th percentile is $166,920. The difference is $120,950, which is 144.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $59,530 to the 75th at $133,470, covers $73,940.

The mean annual wage is $100,580, which sits above the median of $83,780. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Jackson, MS median is 28.9% lower than the national median of $117,860 for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $94,084, which is 20.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 26.3% higher than the Mississippi median of $66,310.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jackson, MS is 89.048, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,780 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers at $94,084 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers. Jackson, MS ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 179 miles away, with a median of $109,300 and employment of 70. That median is 30.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $118,574, against $94,084 here.

Employment share

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Jackson, MS (60 of 270,730). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (16,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.11 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers make in Jackson, MS?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers in Jackson, MS is $83,780. The 10th percentile is $45,970 and the 90th percentile is $166,920. Employment is 60.

How does that compare with the national median for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers?

The local median is 28.9% lower than the national median of $117,860.

What is Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers pay in Jackson, MS after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jackson, MS is 89.048, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $83,780 is $94,084. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Jackson, MS compare with nearby metros for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers?

Memphis, TN-MS-AR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 179 miles away, at $109,300. Jackson, MS ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.