How much do Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary make in Jackson, MS?

Percentile spread

For Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $65,140 and the 90th percentile is $136,550. The difference is $71,410, which is 86.4% 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 $71,090 to the 75th at $136,500, covers $65,410.

The mean annual wage is $100,830, which sits above the median of $82,610. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Jackson, MS median is 7.9% higher than the national median of $76,590 for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $92,770, which is 21.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.2% higher than the Mississippi median of $78,520.

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 $82,610 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary at $92,770 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 Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Jackson, MS (30 of 270,730). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,150 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.31 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.