Mississippi Online Jobs

Unemployment Rate 9.7%
Median Hourly $12.74
Mean Hourly $16.14
Mean Annual $33,570
RSE 0.7%

Historically, the unemployment percentage in Mississippi has been higher than the national average and the average wage is lower. On the plus side, it generally has the lowest cost of living in the country so the lower than average wages are offset.

Mississippi’s legalization of gambling along the Mississippi river and gulf coast have led to a number of jobs being created in a wide range of service-related industries, as well as administrative and support roles. If you haven’t considered a job in this job sector, you may find success by branching out to this sector.

By the total number of jobs, the largest sectors in Mississippi are Government jobs; Trade, Transportation & Utilities and Leisure & Hospitality. Other notable sectors of industry in Mississippi include cotton, fishing and gambling casinos. If you’re currently looking for jobs in Mississippi, concentrating your search within those job sectors should increase your chances of getting hired.

If you are looking for jobs in Mississippi, and are located near one of the state’s borders, you may want to extend your search across the border to increase your search results. In addition, you should consider how your job skills may apply to a wide range of industries outside of the one you’re currently in. Remember that the job title you’ve had in the past may not be the same job title in all industries such as . In order to find jobs across different industries that are a good fit for your current set of job skills, it’s best to perform a skills-based search rather than a search based on your current or past job title. It’s likely that this will also return additional results in your current industry that you might not have previously considered.

With more results in your job search on comes more opportunity. Those opportunities are what will eventually turn into your new dream job!

Largest Cities

Jackson