SOC 39-5011 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Barbers make in Jackson, MS?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Barbers in Jackson, MS is $38,480. The 10th percentile is $27,370 and the 90th percentile is $39,000. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$38,480

10th percentile
$27,370
25th percentile
$38,480
Median
$38,480
75th percentile
$38,760
90th percentile
$39,000
Mean
$39,720

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Barbers, the published 10th percentile is $27,370 and the 90th percentile is $39,000. The difference is $11,630, which is 30.2% 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 $38,480 to the 75th at $38,760, covers $280.

The mean annual wage is $39,720, which sits above the median of $38,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Jackson, MS median is 0.7% higher than the national median of $38,210 for Barbers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,213, which is 13.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Mississippi median of $38,480.

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 $38,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Barbers at $43,213 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Barbers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Jackson, MS · Barbers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Barbers make in Jackson, MS?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Barbers in Jackson, MS is $38,480. The 10th percentile is $27,370 and the 90th percentile is $39,000.

How does that compare with the national median for Barbers?

The local median is 0.7% higher than the national median of $38,210.

What is Barbers 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 $38,480 is $43,213. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.