SOC 51-8099 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Plant and System Operators, All Other make in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Plant and System Operators, All Other in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is $77,290. The 10th percentile is $56,510 and the 90th percentile is $93,840. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$77,290
- 10th percentile
- $56,510
- 25th percentile
- $65,040
- Median
- $77,290
- 75th percentile
- $93,840
- 90th percentile
- $93,840
- Mean
- $77,280
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Plant and System Operators, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $56,510 and the 90th percentile is $93,840. The difference is $37,330, which is 48.3% 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 $65,040 to the 75th at $93,840, covers $28,800.
The mean annual wage is $77,280, which sits below the median of $77,290. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Gulfport-Biloxi, MS median is 23.7% higher than the national median of $62,470 for Plant and System Operators, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $85,872, which is 37.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 18.8% higher than the Mississippi median of $65,080.
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 $77,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Plant and System Operators, All Other at $85,872 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 Plant and System Operators, All Other. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ranks 1st 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).).
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 90 miles away, with a median of $49,000 and employment of 90. That median is 36.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,917, against $85,872 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS · Plant and System Operators, All Other 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 Plant and System Operators, All Other make in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Plant and System Operators, All Other in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is $77,290. The 10th percentile is $56,510 and the 90th percentile is $93,840.
How does that compare with the national median for Plant and System Operators, All Other?
The local median is 23.7% higher than the national median of $62,470.
What is Plant and System Operators, All Other pay in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 90.006, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $77,290 is $85,872. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Gulfport-Biloxi, MS compare with nearby metros for Plant and System Operators, All Other?
New Orleans-Metairie, LA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 90 miles away, at $49,000. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.