# Counties in Mississippi by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 82 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Claiborne County | 1,326 |
| 2 | Hancock County | 1,190 |
| 2 | Jackson County | 1,190 |
| 4 | Hinds County | 1,183 |
| 5 | Jefferson Davis County | 1,175 |
| 6 | Lowndes County | 1,140 |
| 7 | Warren County | 1,127 |
| 8 | Lawrence County | 1,115 |
| 9 | Madison County | 1,105 |
| 10 | Union County | 1,068 |
| 11 | Choctaw County | 1,054 |
| 11 | Yazoo County | 1,054 |
| 13 | Rankin County | 1,049 |
| 14 | Forrest County | 1,043 |
| 14 | Jones County | 1,043 |
| 16 | Monroe County | 1,031 |
| 17 | Lee County | 1,026 |
| 18 | Lafayette County | 1,015 |
| 19 | Neshoba County | 990 |
| 20 | Harrison County | 976 |
| 20 | Winston County | 976 |
| 22 | Lauderdale County | 962 |
| 23 | Marshall County | 959 |
| 24 | Perry County | 954 |
| 25 | Franklin County | 953 |
| 25 | Jasper County | 953 |
| 25 | Smith County | 953 |
| 28 | Oktibbeha County | 943 |
| 29 | Marion County | 934 |
| 30 | Benton County | 927 |
| 30 | Clay County | 927 |
| 32 | Alcorn County | 926 |
| 33 | Scott County | 923 |
| 34 | DeSoto County | 922 |
| 34 | Tallahatchie County | 922 |
| 36 | Tishomingo County | 920 |
| 37 | Jefferson County | 905 |
| 38 | George County | 886 |
| 38 | Grenada County | 886 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 884 |
| 41 | Amite County | 882 |
| 42 | Panola County | 881 |
| 43 | Tippah County | 878 |
| 44 | Washington County | 877 |
| 45 | Covington County | 875 |
| 46 | Coahoma County | 871 |
| 46 | Kemper County | 871 |
| 48 | Tate County | 868 |
| 49 | Attala County | 867 |
| 50 | Greene County | 863 |
| 51 | Holmes County | 859 |
| 52 | Lamar County | 858 |
| 53 | Bolivar County | 857 |
| 53 | Leflore County | 857 |
| 53 | Wayne County | 857 |
| 56 | Itawamba County | 854 |
| 57 | Noxubee County | 851 |
| 58 | Adams County | 850 |
| 59 | Clarke County | 846 |
| 60 | Stone County | 844 |
| 61 | Montgomery County | 839 |
| 62 | Pike County | 836 |
| 62 | Yalobusha County | 836 |
| 64 | Copiah County | 834 |
| 64 | Prentiss County | 834 |
| 66 | Pontotoc County | 831 |
| 67 | Newton County | 820 |
| 67 | Pearl River County | 820 |
| 69 | Tunica County | 819 |
| 70 | Sunflower County | 816 |
| 71 | Webster County | 813 |
| 72 | Leake County | 805 |
| 73 | Wilkinson County | 792 |
| 74 | Carroll County | 787 |
| 75 | Calhoun County | 774 |
| 76 | Chickasaw County | 759 |
| 77 | Walthall County | 753 |
| 78 | Sharkey County | 746 |
| 79 | Simpson County | 745 |
| 80 | Humphreys County | 715 |
| 81 | Quitman County | 712 |
| 82 | Issaquena County | 693 |