Wages by Occupation in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 158,310 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $43,470 for all occupations combined. 388 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

26.7% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±0.8), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 90.0 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 67.9; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 19,571 residents (4.8% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±1,263; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 3.6% in 2025, with a labor force of about 192,202 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

28.4% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±2.1), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$31,773	$32,485
High school graduate	$35,063	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$42,558	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$52,406	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$71,079	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	28.8% (±2.4)	24.2%
High school graduate	17.8% (±1.3)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	11.8% (±1.0)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8% (±0.7)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	29.1%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	14.5%	10.0%
Business	20.1%	20.1%
Education	17.8%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	18.5%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	860	$76,380	$82,120	5.45	0.59
Administrative Services Managers	230	$103,660	$111,960	1.44	0.85
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	30	$49,330	$52,790	0.21	0.89
Advertising Sales Agents	70	$48,920	$59,770	0.43	0.73
Aerospace Engineers	40	$125,580	$128,450	0.28	0.65
Air Traffic Controllers	50	$99,800	$97,250	0.31	2.12
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	300	$74,460	$73,140	1.89	2.13
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	630	$23,460	$24,880	3.97	1.55
Animal Caretakers	310	$27,300	$29,650	1.94	1.13
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	50	$101,650	$116,400	0.29	0.42
Architectural and Civil Drafters	50	$57,940	$61,980	0.29	0.44
Architectural and Engineering Managers	220	$139,730	$149,640	1.41	0.99
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	—	$56,620	$69,780	—	—
Audio and Video Technicians	30	$52,000	$49,050	0.21	0.48
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	80	$28,390	$29,930	0.52	0.80
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	190	$54,770	$56,610	1.19	1.24
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	980	$39,120	$47,070	6.19	1.37
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	120	$22,070	$27,690	0.76	4.13
Bakers	190	$29,570	$30,050	1.20	0.79
Bartenders	1,010	$26,660	$37,160	6.36	1.31
Bill and Account Collectors	140	$43,740	$42,810	0.87	0.85
Billing and Posting Clerks	270	$40,230	$42,580	1.70	0.65
Biological Scientists, All Other	30	$96,100	$95,980	0.22	0.61
Biological Technicians	60	$53,190	$56,870	0.37	0.82
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,500	$40,530	$44,610	9.46	1.07
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	300	$56,830	$58,380	1.91	1.02
Bus Drivers, School	590	$37,130	$33,420	3.74	1.44
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,200	$76,550	$84,950	7.60	1.09
Butchers and Meat Cutters	130	$30,700	$35,640	0.81	0.92
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	520	$78,770	$84,010	3.31	1.05
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	50	$38,240	$40,460	0.31	0.62
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	90	$81,290	$100,540	0.56	2.34
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	60	$35,740	$47,830	0.38	0.95
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$57,460	$57,200	0.78	1.06
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	200	$59,220	$59,920	1.29	1.80
Carpenters	530	$49,470	$50,020	3.36	0.78
Cashiers	4,610	$27,300	$26,780	29.13	1.47
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	100	$38,060	$42,660	0.61	0.46
Chefs and Head Cooks	230	$51,240	$55,630	1.47	1.14
Chemical Engineers	40	$98,350	$106,750	0.23	1.72
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	290	$82,050	$73,700	1.81	2.01
Chemical Technicians	120	$45,750	$53,340	0.78	2.10
Chemists	30	$75,610	$88,280	0.22	0.41
Chief Executives	40	$159,120	$215,370	0.27	0.20
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	410	$47,550	$49,670	2.62	1.04
Childcare Workers	610	$22,290	$24,260	3.86	1.16
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	100	$54,810	$57,820	0.66	1.49
Civil Engineers	320	$87,960	$97,970	2.04	0.86
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	280	$79,250	$80,100	1.80	0.86
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	440	$28,350	$29,790	2.78	1.14
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	400	$51,020	$54,140	2.53	1.18
Coaches and Scouts	230	$33,930	$40,650	1.48	0.93
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	700	$63,180	$59,110	4.41	4.32
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	110	$41,610	$43,140	0.72	4.26
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	110	$46,260	$51,410	0.71	1.03
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	40	$58,430	$63,390	0.24	0.33
Compliance Officers	230	$81,330	$84,400	1.46	0.54
Computer and Information Research Scientists	150	$96,450	$102,520	0.94	3.93
Computer and Information Systems Managers	250	$127,460	$138,520	1.60	0.37
Computer Network Architects	—	$108,160	$120,100	—	—
Computer Network Support Specialists	140	$62,270	$62,710	0.90	0.95
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	70	$51,430	$53,580	0.43	0.39
Computer Occupations, All Other	440	$100,900	$102,120	2.77	0.99
Computer Programmers	50	$72,430	$80,820	0.31	0.52
Computer Systems Analysts	300	$83,530	$89,010	1.87	0.56
Computer User Support Specialists	510	$56,290	$56,610	3.23	0.70
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	70	$43,890	$44,400	0.46	1.08
Concierges	70	$35,520	$34,610	0.47	1.47
Conservation Scientists	80	$48,300	$51,810	0.52	3.09
Construction and Building Inspectors	160	$48,160	$56,050	1.03	1.09
Construction Laborers	1,090	$38,880	$41,620	6.90	0.98
Construction Managers	280	$102,940	$110,610	1.76	0.72
Cooks, Fast Food	1,720	$23,410	$24,440	10.86	2.63
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	810	$29,080	$29,850	5.09	1.79
Cooks, Restaurant	2,520	$30,590	$31,040	15.93	1.76
Cooks, Short Order	420	$28,520	$29,740	2.64	2.96
Correctional Officers and Jailers	190	$35,480	$34,780	1.20	0.49
Cost Estimators	190	$73,320	$79,490	1.17	0.81
Counter and Rental Clerks	390	$37,920	$41,570	2.48	0.96
Couriers and Messengers	60	$36,050	$35,690	0.39	0.87
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	510	$37,140	$42,050	3.21	2.78
Crane and Tower Operators	140	$64,520	$62,470	0.86	3.11
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	50	$27,730	$28,600	0.33	0.54
Customer Service Representatives	2,270	$37,540	$39,450	14.36	0.86
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$39,580	$37,860	0.23	0.81
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	120	$41,980	$43,550	0.74	0.67
Data Entry Keyers	40	$36,410	$37,820	0.24	0.29
Data Scientists	40	$73,360	$81,070	0.26	0.16
Database Administrators	30	$83,640	$82,000	0.20	0.46
Dental Assistants	450	$45,020	$44,140	2.84	1.14
Dental Hygienists	160	$73,500	$74,270	1.00	0.70
Dentists, General	120	$135,390	$121,620	0.73	0.91
Dermatologists	40	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.22	3.06
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	170	$57,060	$80,410	1.07	1.45
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	60	$71,770	$74,130	0.40	0.68
Dietitians and Nutritionists	60	$66,520	$66,140	0.37	0.74
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	730	$22,700	$24,680	4.61	1.32
Dishwashers	680	$26,470	$25,820	4.28	1.39
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	190	$38,490	$43,810	1.22	0.94
Driver/Sales Workers	—	$34,920	$35,250	—	—
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	370	$89,120	$90,870	2.31	1.09
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	120	$80,690	$92,730	0.73	0.63
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	50	$48,940	$47,780	0.29	0.61
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	70	$56,620	$59,290	0.46	0.60
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	270	$61,600	$61,020	1.70	0.75
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	260	$81,330	$85,520	1.66	2.71
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	100	$74,460	$68,880	0.63	1.51
Electrical Engineers	270	$107,580	$110,800	1.73	1.35
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	290	$65,960	$69,600	1.84	2.18
Electricians	2,010	$62,440	$60,570	12.71	2.61
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	80	$114,400	$110,200	0.48	0.77
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,590	$50,820	$54,490	10.01	1.12
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	170	$34,420	$39,430	1.06	1.07
Emergency Medical Technicians	120	$37,440	$35,870	0.78	0.67
Emergency Medicine Physicians	50	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.34	1.63
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	80	$93,640	$94,300	0.48	1.26
Engineers, All Other	200	$136,990	$136,260	1.24	1.25
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	40	$39,250	$45,920	0.28	1.26
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	70	$64,600	$78,820	0.47	0.81
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	140	$60,640	$63,460	0.87	0.30
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	210	$35,360	$37,570	1.35	0.65
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$55,940	$54,290	0.25	0.67
Facilities Managers	170	$105,910	$102,000	1.05	1.04
Family Medicine Physicians	70	$311,740	$265,500	0.42	0.61
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,520	$22,820	$25,090	22.22	0.90
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	130	$44,520	$48,380	0.82	7.86
File Clerks	90	$31,740	$33,260	0.60	1.27
Financial and Investment Analysts	150	$79,560	$84,530	0.93	0.40
Financial Managers	490	$115,320	$129,250	3.10	0.57
Financial Specialists, All Other	150	$88,610	$88,070	0.98	1.15
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	—	$61,660	$57,780	—	—
Firefighters	730	$41,760	$42,290	4.64	2.09
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,200	$75,850	$73,870	7.59	1.45
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	40	$48,080	$51,960	0.28	0.82
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	150	$43,190	$44,790	0.95	1.43
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	350	$58,860	$58,980	2.23	3.49
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,790	$38,760	$41,680	11.28	1.43
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	600	$57,810	$58,780	3.77	22.52
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	330	$44,080	$45,500	2.09	1.82
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	140	$44,570	$50,580	0.90	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	910	$69,720	$72,730	5.78	1.45
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	170	$66,080	$73,530	1.07	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,890	$58,390	$60,960	11.93	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	150	$42,600	$45,870	0.97	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	350	$62,150	$67,560	2.19	2.20
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,010	$81,260	$81,620	6.40	1.48
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,890	$45,830	$48,840	11.92	1.65
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	170	$46,850	$49,850	1.07	2.04
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	500	$56,420	$59,990	3.17	0.79
Floral Designers	30	$29,650	$33,280	0.20	0.77
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	370	$33,430	$32,070	2.32	4.27
Food Preparation Workers	1,440	$24,370	$26,660	9.13	1.59
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	260	$28,750	$30,230	1.66	0.88
Food Service Managers	350	$61,890	$71,360	2.23	1.46
Funeral Attendants	40	$40,140	$37,580	0.27	1.33
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	60	$28,580	$29,110	0.39	6.77
Gambling Cage Workers	230	$29,340	$31,690	1.48	15.93
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	350	$31,090	$35,300	2.23	16.09
Gambling Dealers	1,650	$29,140	$44,410	10.42	19.31
Gambling Managers	60	$121,420	$134,350	0.41	12.55
Gambling Service Workers, All Other	80	$53,770	$49,710	0.52	5.74
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	110	$35,360	$36,960	0.71	11.53
General and Operations Managers	1,250	$107,480	$132,740	7.93	0.35
General Internal Medicine Physicians	100	$334,330	$297,030	0.62	1.44
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	170	$122,100	$121,850	1.06	7.02
Glaziers	120	$37,820	$41,430	0.74	1.96
Graphic Designers	90	$47,880	$57,530	0.57	0.44
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	30	$31,420	$34,330	0.20	2.32
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	170	$26,890	$33,270	1.07	0.54
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	40	$39,440	$42,530	0.28	0.83
Health Education Specialists	30	$60,310	$62,900	0.20	0.48
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	220	$44,100	$46,440	1.42	1.21
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	30	$59,350	$61,440	0.20	0.90
Healthcare Social Workers	170	$57,200	$60,580	1.07	0.88
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	120	$36,280	$42,500	0.73	1.03
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	330	$48,230	$52,520	2.07	0.78
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,750	$45,990	$49,020	11.09	0.84
Helpers--Electricians	160	$38,020	$36,990	1.00	2.45
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	130	$36,600	$38,760	0.85	1.38
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	90	$37,990	$37,240	0.55	1.91
Helpers--Production Workers	170	$38,270	$41,070	1.06	1.00
Highway Maintenance Workers	200	$38,220	$37,900	1.28	1.29
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,530	$26,020	$26,200	9.66	0.35
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	780	$25,060	$24,600	4.94	1.78
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	630	$27,730	$27,690	3.97	2.36
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	200	$47,070	$48,570	1.28	2.20
Human Resources Managers	110	$121,470	$140,810	0.69	0.49
Human Resources Specialists	760	$68,810	$75,440	4.82	0.82
Industrial Engineers	370	$94,800	$95,670	2.35	1.00
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	330	$69,200	$71,140	2.09	0.74
Industrial Production Managers	370	$126,570	$136,350	2.33	1.47
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	340	$37,550	$39,540	2.12	0.43
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	170	$51,630	$50,110	1.05	1.21
Information Security Analysts	60	$89,840	$102,420	0.41	0.33
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	600	$63,520	$60,320	3.81	0.99
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	90	$42,300	$46,960	0.56	0.50
Instructional Coordinators	240	$83,780	$81,940	1.53	1.05
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	150	$43,840	$49,450	0.95	0.69
Insurance Sales Agents	540	$47,040	$60,020	3.42	1.11
Insurance Underwriters	50	$51,470	$56,220	0.28	0.42
Interior Designers	30	$45,070	$59,240	0.21	0.46
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	260	$31,640	$33,710	1.61	1.70
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,250	$29,700	$30,810	14.21	1.00
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	170	$49,580	$52,300	1.09	1.56
Labor Relations Specialists	50	$80,630	$79,910	0.29	0.69
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,600	$35,160	$37,760	16.43	0.87
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	730	$31,200	$33,180	4.61	0.75
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	280	$28,640	$30,010	1.74	1.37
Lawyers	380	$87,210	$108,930	2.39	0.49
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	130	$42,320	$43,860	0.81	0.81
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	140	$59,070	$53,590	0.89	1.03
Library Assistants, Clerical	100	$28,180	$26,130	0.62	1.12
Library Technicians	—	$24,210	$28,000	—	—
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,000	$56,430	$56,090	6.34	1.52
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	40	$62,660	$64,640	0.25	0.53
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	50	$26,100	$26,360	0.32	0.32
Light Truck Drivers	820	$37,960	$43,140	5.18	0.82
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	190	$38,940	$41,810	1.21	1.14
Loan Officers	400	$56,640	$67,660	2.53	1.43
Lodging Managers	80	$76,990	$81,190	0.49	1.80
Logisticians	420	$80,700	$87,040	2.68	1.66
Machinists	420	$63,330	$60,050	2.68	1.45
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,480	$27,720	$28,030	9.38	1.69
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	30	$39,540	$40,310	0.21	0.60
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,890	$46,240	$50,070	11.93	1.21
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	40	$53,680	$56,420	0.26	0.67
Management Analysts	530	$88,710	$93,750	3.34	0.58
Managers, All Other	180	$105,370	$111,120	1.11	0.28
Manicurists and Pedicurists	110	$43,380	$48,630	0.72	0.73
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	60	$97,310	$100,350	0.37	6.93
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	330	$54,820	$59,630	2.06	0.36
Marketing Managers	100	$104,990	$126,420	0.63	0.25
Massage Therapists	80	$36,920	$42,670	0.54	0.85
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	280	$28,260	$28,230	1.80	1.92
Mechanical Drafters	90	$78,640	$80,760	0.55	2.12
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	70	$73,940	$73,130	0.45	1.93
Mechanical Engineers	410	$103,450	$104,820	2.58	1.35
Medical and Health Services Managers	520	$102,950	$114,500	3.29	0.86
Medical Assistants	480	$35,590	$35,850	3.00	0.57
Medical Equipment Preparers	50	$38,430	$38,430	0.31	0.62
Medical Equipment Repairers	30	$42,670	$45,870	0.20	0.46
Medical Records Specialists	260	$45,330	$47,310	1.65	1.32
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	740	$37,440	$41,220	4.70	0.76
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	80	$36,400	$41,560	0.51	0.56
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	70	$62,520	$63,860	0.44	0.52
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	140	$36,200	$41,240	0.87	0.82
Meter Readers, Utilities	80	$38,730	$43,180	0.51	4.07
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	740	$50,160	$54,160	4.67	1.17
Millwrights	140	$53,330	$53,950	0.88	3.39
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	470	$39,160	$41,400	2.98	0.33
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	280	$51,790	$58,420	1.78	2.91
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	300	$63,640	$59,530	1.88	1.66
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	40	$50,080	$49,470	0.27	1.66
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	30	$52,540	$44,480	0.20	0.68
Motorcycle Mechanics	30	$31,920	$36,840	0.19	2.19
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$40,970	$39,200	0.40	0.50
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	160	$82,960	$86,580	1.01	0.50
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	40	$36,670	$44,490	0.24	0.94
Nurse Anesthetists	50	$230,160	$223,420	0.31	0.93
Nurse Practitioners	600	$128,150	$129,270	3.77	1.81
Nursing Assistants	1,660	$31,520	$34,360	10.49	1.13
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$67,340	$71,650	0.39	0.78
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	190	$88,610	$90,430	1.19	1.32
Occupational Therapists	200	$97,240	$94,430	1.27	1.22
Occupational Therapy Assistants	60	$61,120	$64,980	0.35	1.07
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	80	$52,440	$59,980	0.52	0.42
Office Clerks, General	2,010	$36,710	$38,100	12.71	0.80
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	510	$48,700	$50,050	3.21	1.04
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	60	$37,290	$39,000	0.37	0.80
Opticians, Dispensing	70	$37,530	$39,180	0.43	0.91
Order Clerks	30	$38,730	$42,840	0.21	0.43
Orderlies	50	$30,730	$29,270	0.32	0.94
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	270	$39,750	$41,250	1.73	0.71
Packers and Packagers, Hand	190	$28,370	$28,550	1.21	0.34
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	340	$47,570	$47,750	2.12	1.47
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	290	$46,240	$48,010	1.83	0.72
Paramedics	90	$61,320	$57,980	0.57	0.88
Parking Attendants	120	$28,090	$29,680	0.75	0.85
Parts Salespersons	330	$36,340	$41,300	2.06	1.18
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	60	$45,260	$46,420	0.41	1.51
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	190	$46,230	$47,380	1.17	1.19
Personal Financial Advisors	80	$64,200	$98,480	0.48	0.28
Pest Control Workers	180	$38,060	$42,950	1.16	1.76
Pharmacists	470	$137,940	$141,370	2.94	1.42
Pharmacy Aides	60	$28,520	$30,100	0.36	1.40
Pharmacy Technicians	540	$39,820	$42,880	3.40	1.12
Phlebotomists	180	$34,260	$34,510	1.14	1.24
Physical Therapist Aides	100	$27,370	$28,680	0.66	2.12
Physical Therapist Assistants	190	$61,820	$61,470	1.20	1.67
Physical Therapists	310	$101,870	$99,910	1.96	1.14
Physician Assistants	60	$105,920	$113,720	0.37	0.35
Physicians, All Other	260	$352,230	$344,480	1.64	0.74
Pipelayers	50	$41,920	$47,350	0.34	1.60
Plant and System Operators, All Other	—	$77,290	$77,280	—	—
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	1,240	$63,040	$58,570	7.81	2.61
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,000	$48,050	$49,190	6.31	1.46
Postal Service Clerks	80	$62,610	$62,340	0.50	1.05
Postal Service Mail Carriers	440	$57,700	$59,560	2.79	1.32
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	50	$57,620	$58,950	0.34	0.50
Power Plant Operators	110	$104,190	$96,380	0.70	3.72
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	430	$29,070	$33,060	2.74	0.89
Printing Press Operators	80	$46,900	$55,130	0.52	0.56
Private Detectives and Investigators	40	$41,690	$50,710	0.24	1.07
Procurement Clerks	140	$48,880	$48,680	0.88	2.45
Producers and Directors	30	$44,980	$45,290	0.20	0.22
Production Workers, All Other	60	$40,110	$52,810	0.38	0.23
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	180	$60,100	$63,930	1.14	0.45
Project Management Specialists	520	$84,200	$94,600	3.27	0.48
Property Appraisers and Assessors	80	$49,130	$59,330	0.50	1.36
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	190	$51,180	$59,040	1.23	0.61
Psychiatric Aides	150	$31,640	$31,340	0.92	4.02
Psychiatric Technicians	140	$31,480	$33,940	0.86	0.85
Public Relations Specialists	130	$65,170	$72,220	0.82	0.45
Public Safety Telecommunicators	150	$35,770	$38,690	0.98	1.48
Purchasing Managers	80	$131,330	$132,000	0.51	0.94
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	320	$60,000	$62,670	2.03	1.37
Real Estate Sales Agents	180	$43,600	$54,330	1.13	0.91
Receptionists and Information Clerks	950	$32,220	$32,180	5.98	1.02
Recreation Workers	430	$27,310	$29,220	2.71	1.27
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	220	$48,850	$49,200	1.38	1.46
Registered Nurses	3,740	$78,960	$84,430	23.60	1.09
Rehabilitation Counselors	40	$37,710	$45,840	0.25	0.41
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	40	$34,510	$39,190	0.23	0.31
Residential Advisors	100	$30,180	$34,230	0.63	1.15
Respiratory Therapists	190	$66,660	$69,830	1.22	1.35
Retail Salespersons	5,380	$28,880	$31,300	33.97	1.36
Sailors and Marine Oilers	50	$51,320	$51,240	0.32	1.58
Sales Managers	250	$87,570	$106,920	1.56	0.38
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	440	$48,520	$58,240	2.79	0.34
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	590	$57,150	$65,280	3.74	0.47
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	30	$39,730	$40,440	0.20	0.76
School Bus Monitors	110	$26,970	$28,300	0.69	1.38
School Psychologists	—	$66,130	$66,410	—	—
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,190	$57,240	$56,290	7.55	1.10
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,670	$38,100	$40,230	10.58	0.96
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	150	$52,760	$66,760	0.92	0.29
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	50	$46,810	$49,770	0.34	0.62
Security Guards	1,810	$30,980	$31,840	11.44	1.39
Self-Enrichment Teachers	100	$52,130	$49,940	0.64	0.30
Sheet Metal Workers	500	$62,650	$56,350	3.19	4.14
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	550	$39,860	$42,020	3.48	0.66
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	110	$25,140	$27,250	0.71	0.45
Skincare Specialists	60	$38,480	$51,230	0.35	0.75
Social and Community Service Managers	140	$64,620	$75,110	0.91	0.67
Social and Human Service Assistants	230	$35,920	$37,600	1.45	0.51
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	50	$83,780	$89,920	0.29	1.22
Social Workers, All Other	90	$97,470	$92,210	0.59	1.45
Software Developers	300	$104,240	$108,640	1.88	0.17
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	100	$105,080	$103,430	0.63	0.52
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	360	$52,290	$55,010	2.28	1.36
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	140	$50,750	$54,660	0.89	1.46
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	200	$58,770	$55,560	1.24	1.18
Speech-Language Pathologists	220	$78,920	$83,200	1.38	1.17
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	50	$53,640	$57,760	0.33	1.84
Stockers and Order Fillers	2,690	$31,780	$34,210	17.02	0.93
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	40	$53,600	$56,430	0.26	0.60
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	150	$45,160	$49,400	0.93	2.77
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	210	$49,180	$60,000	1.35	0.43
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	110	$22,950	$23,860	0.72	0.21
Surgical Assistants	80	$50,810	$49,990	0.49	3.40
Surgical Technologists	80	$50,120	$51,800	0.50	0.66
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	130	$49,220	$52,560	0.84	2.25
Surveyors	100	$61,890	$67,060	0.61	1.86
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	30	$28,430	$29,070	0.20	0.92
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	80	$39,500	$53,810	0.54	1.47
Tax Preparers	70	$49,680	$51,360	0.45	0.92
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	270	$75,360	$75,040	1.72	2.35
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,400	$26,760	$26,540	8.84	0.97
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	200	$61,580	$65,640	1.29	1.42
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	100	$41,650	$46,290	0.66	1.05
Tellers	520	$37,890	$38,290	3.26	1.54
Tire Repairers and Changers	130	$34,900	$35,540	0.80	1.15
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	40	$47,180	$49,290	0.24	0.78
Tour and Travel Guides	40	$23,000	$26,950	0.27	0.79
Training and Development Specialists	230	$62,670	$64,650	1.45	0.49
Transportation Security Screeners	50	$65,170	$64,270	0.34	1.04
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	200	$90,770	$100,840	1.24	0.87
Tutors	170	$59,150	$53,500	1.08	0.96
Urban and Regional Planners	60	$60,280	$68,410	0.38	1.33
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	130	$22,030	$22,930	0.84	1.07
Veterinarians	60	$104,450	$114,400	0.38	0.70
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	60	$28,650	$31,330	0.36	0.45
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	70	$36,620	$36,460	0.43	0.51
Waiters and Waitresses	3,910	$22,600	$25,690	24.67	1.69
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	230	$46,550	$48,790	1.46	1.77
Web and Digital Interface Designers	30	$69,780	$74,730	0.21	0.28
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2,220	$63,440	$58,380	14.00	5.23
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	30	$113,800	$101,870	0.19	1.63

Colleges in this area

3 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Blue Cliff College-Gulfport	Private for-profit	2-year	200
Chris Beauty College	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	73
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	Public	2-year	8,694

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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