The average wage for all full-time and part-time wage and salaried workers in metropolitan Jackson, which includes Madison County, was $30,537 in 2002. Average wages in Mississippi overall are below the U.S. average. In 2002, Mississippi’s average annual wage was $26,665 compared to the U.S. average of $36,764.

Businesses locating in Madison County can estimate their costs for wages and salaries to be competitively low to the U.S. average and the averages of other states.

Madison County Wages and Benefit Survey