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Mississippi state government salary
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$31.2 billion[1] (2024 estimate) |
This page describes the compensation for state government officeholders in Mississippi.
Legislator salaries
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[2] | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $23,500/year | For senators: $166/day. For representatives: $157/day. |
State executive salaries
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
| Office and current official | Salary |
|---|---|
|
Governor of Mississippi Tate Reeves |
$122,160 |
|
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi Delbert Hosemann |
$60,000 |
|
Attorney General of Mississippi Lynn Fitch |
$108,960 |
|
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael D. Watson Jr. |
$90,000 |
|
Mississippi Executive Director of Employment Security William Ashley |
$114,587 |
|
Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District Chris Brown |
$146,600 |
|
Mississippi Transportation Commission Southern District Charles Busby |
$183,000 |
|
Mississippi Transportation Commission Northern District John Caldwell |
$183,000 |
|
Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District Nelson Carr |
$146,600 |
|
Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney |
$90,000 |
|
Mississippi Superintendent of Education Lance Evans |
$300,000 |
|
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson |
$90,000 |
|
Mississippi Treasurer David McRae |
$90,000 |
|
Mississippi Transportation Commission Central District Willie Simmons |
$183,000 |
|
Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District De'Keither Stamps |
$146,600 |
|
Mississippi Executive Director of Environmental Quality Chris Wells |
$143,000 |
|
Mississippi State Auditor Shad White |
$90,000 |
Judicial salaries
- See also: Mississippi court salaries and budgets
| State court salary information | |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court salary | Court of Appeals salary |
| Associates: $173,800[3] | Associates: $168,467[4] |
State profile
| Demographic data for Mississippi | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 2,989,390 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 46,923 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 59.2% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 37.4% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 1% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 1.2% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 2.9% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 82.3% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 20.7% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $39,665 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 27% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Mississippi. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
Mississippi voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, two are located in Mississippi, accounting for 0.97 percent of the total pivot counties.[5]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Mississippi had two Retained Pivot Counties, 1.10 of all Retained Pivot Counties.
More Mississippi coverage on Ballotpedia
- Elections in Mississippi
- United States congressional delegations from Mississippi
- Public policy in Mississippi
- Endorsers in Mississippi
- Mississippi fact checks
- More...
See also
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External links
- 2023 salary table from the Council of State Governments
- 2024 salary table from the National Conference of State Legislatures
- 2024 salary table from the National Center for State Courts
Footnotes
- ↑ National Association of State Budget Officers, "2024 State Expenditure Report," accessed December 18, 2024
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ The salary of the chief justice may be higher than an associate justice.
- ↑ The salary of the chief judge may be higher than an associate judge.
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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