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Mississippi has a flat 4.0% state income tax. On a $75,000 salary a single filer takes home about $58,685 — $4,890 a month, after $2,908 of state income tax.

Take-home on $75k
$58,685
State tax
$2,908
Effective rate
21.8%

Mississippi take-home calculator

How Mississippi taxes wages

Mississippi applies a flat 4.0% rate to taxable wages after a $2,300 standard deduction. A flat rate means the percentage does not rise with income, but the dollar amount does: at $50,000 you pay about $1,908, at $100,000 about $3,908.

Federal tax applies everywhere

Whatever the state does, the federal side is identical. On $75,000 a single filer pays $7,670 of federal income tax after the $16,100 standard deduction, plus $5,738 in Social Security and Medicare.

ItemAnnualMonthly
Gross$75,000$6,250
Federal income tax−$7,670−$639
Mississippi income tax−$2,908−$242
FICA−$5,738−$478
Net$58,685$4,890
Against Texas (no wage tax) the same $75,000 nets $61,593. Mississippi comes out $2,908 behind.

What is specific to Mississippi here

Your marginal rate — what you lose on the next dollar earned — is 33.7% in Mississippi, against 29.6% in Texas. That is the number that matters for overtime, a raise or a second job.

LineMississippiTexas (no state tax)Difference
State income tax$2,908$0$2,908
Take-home$58,685$61,593−$2,908
Monthly$4,890$5,133−$242

Over a working year that is $242 a month of difference on the same gross salary.

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