How much do Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS?

Percentile spread

For Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $62,390 and the 90th percentile is $115,210. The difference is $52,820, which is 64.9% 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 $65,510 to the 75th at $103,380, covers $37,870.

The mean annual wage is $85,520, which sits above the median of $81,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gulfport-Biloxi, MS median is 4% higher than the national median of $78,190 for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $90,361, which is 15.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% higher than the Mississippi median of $81,180.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 90.006, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $81,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians at $90,361 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ranks 5th of 10 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).).

• Mobile, AL is 50 miles away, with a median of $79,700 and employment of 90. That median is 2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,467, against $90,361 here.
• New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 90 miles away, with a median of $85,510 and employment of 180. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,346, against $90,361 here.
• Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL is 110 miles away, with a median of $62,290 and employment of 110. That median is 23.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,745, against $90,361 here.

Employment share

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS (260 of 158,310). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (95,130 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.68 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.