High paying jobs in Jackson, MS that need no experience

Every occupation here pays well in Jackson, MS, requires no bachelor's degree, and requires no prior experience in a related job. That second filter is what separates this from the no-degree list, which is topped by supervisor roles asking five years in the trade before they will look at you. Several of these do involve months of training — but the employer provides it, and pays you during it, which is a feature rather than a barrier. Entry requirements come from the BLS Employment Projections program and describe what is typical, not mandatory.

Cost of living: prices in Jackson, MS run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, MS salary is worth about 1.12× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Jackson, MS · Employed

1Diagnostic Medical Sonographers$80,550
Associate's degree
$63,080 – $98,810170
2Insurance Sales Agents$76,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,510 – $154,350760
3Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators$69,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,720 – $101,040760
4Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$67,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,510 – $89,870200
5Respiratory Therapists$67,500
Associate's degree
$54,900 – $94,110510
6Dental Hygienists$67,270
Associate's degree
$64,720 – $84,390320
7Computer Network Support Specialists$66,910
Associate's degree
$45,500 – $108,680450
8Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$66,030
Associate's degree
$32,670 – $98,510120
9Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$64,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,320 – $99,320530
10Occupational Therapy Assistants$63,540
Associate's degree
$52,210 – $78,260120
11Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$63,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,920 – $69,1904,810
12Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$62,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,820 – $76,900180
13Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,420 – $83,990750
14Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$62,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,490 – $95,24090
15Physical Therapist Assistants$62,100
Associate's degree
$56,140 – $76,600260
16Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$61,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,110 – $123,7101,960
17Postal Service Clerks$61,050
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,030150
18Radiologic Technologists and Technicians$60,920
Associate's degree
$41,000 – $81,430640
19Surgical Technologists$59,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,580 – $70,050320
20Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$59,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,370 – $84,290840
21Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$59,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,270 – $91,280370
22Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,010
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040670
23Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,000 – $89,9906,590
24Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$58,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $80,550390
25Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$57,430
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,030270
26Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,550 – $75,650550
27Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,770 – $74,690300
28Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$55,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,050 – $78,060110
29Tire Builders$55,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,230 – $55,380130
30Advertising Sales Agents$55,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,950 – $124,390170
31Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$54,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,580 – $67,850270
32Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$53,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,760 – $60,9102,050
33Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,570 – $83,990300
34Computer User Support Specialists$52,600
Some college, no degree
$36,390 – $77,410870
35Electricians$52,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,490 – $76,7501,210
36Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $70,180530
37Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$52,060
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,380 – $78,730770
38Tutors$51,860
Some college, no degree
$27,110 – $107,580240
39Paralegals and Legal Assistants$50,470
Associate's degree
$35,460 – $68,690960
40Machinists$49,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,560 – $82,630230
41Sheet Metal Workers$49,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $79,040210
42Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $74,050190
43Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $64,940160
44Carpenters$49,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,440 – $60,140660
45Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$49,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $63,7701,620
46Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$48,790
Some college, no degree
$34,870 – $61,090150
47Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$48,630
Associate's degree
$34,690 – $76,460230
48Millwrights$48,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,030 – $76,550200
49Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,740 – $80,690400
50Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,760 – $60,860870

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, MS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Diagnostic Medical SonographersAssociate's degree	$80,550	$63,080 – $98,810	170
2	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,310	$28,510 – $154,350	760
3	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,530	$46,720 – $101,040	760
4	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,750	$40,510 – $89,870	200
5	Respiratory TherapistsAssociate's degree	$67,500	$54,900 – $94,110	510
6	Dental HygienistsAssociate's degree	$67,270	$64,720 – $84,390	320
7	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$66,910	$45,500 – $108,680	450
8	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$66,030	$32,670 – $98,510	120
9	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,760	$47,320 – $99,320	530
10	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$63,540	$52,210 – $78,260	120
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,170	$31,920 – $69,190	4,810
12	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,530	$22,820 – $76,900	180
13	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,470	$39,420 – $83,990	750
14	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,280	$43,490 – $95,240	90
15	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,100	$56,140 – $76,600	260
16	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,470	$33,110 – $123,710	1,960
17	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$61,050	$42,600 – $75,030	150
18	Radiologic Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$60,920	$41,000 – $81,430	640
19	Surgical TechnologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,990	$40,580 – $70,050	320
20	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,420	$39,370 – $84,290	840
21	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,400	$37,270 – $91,280	370
22	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,010	$42,390 – $81,040	670
23	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,100	$37,000 – $89,990	6,590
24	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,000	$39,520 – $80,550	390
25	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$57,430	$45,530 – $75,030	270
26	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,160	$37,550 – $75,650	550
27	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,410	$34,770 – $74,690	300
28	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,420	$33,050 – $78,060	110
29	Tire BuildersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,380	$48,230 – $55,380	130
30	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,000	$27,950 – $124,390	170
31	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,240	$33,580 – $67,850	270
32	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational NursesPostsecondary nondegree award	$53,510	$40,760 – $60,910	2,050
33	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,910	$38,570 – $83,990	300
34	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$52,600	$36,390 – $77,410	870
35	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,310	$37,490 – $76,750	1,210
36	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,220	$37,220 – $70,180	530
37	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,060	$36,380 – $78,730	770
38	TutorsSome college, no degree	$51,860	$27,110 – $107,580	240
39	Paralegals and Legal AssistantsAssociate's degree	$50,470	$35,460 – $68,690	960
40	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,850	$30,560 – $82,630	230
41	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,620	$37,220 – $79,040	210
42	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,580	$36,900 – $74,050	190
43	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,440	$36,820 – $64,940	160
44	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,330	$36,440 – $60,140	660
45	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,160	$34,950 – $63,770	1,620
46	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$48,790	$34,870 – $61,090	150
47	Civil Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$48,630	$34,690 – $76,460	230
48	MillwrightsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,470	$37,030 – $76,550	200
49	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,370	$31,740 – $80,690	400
50	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$36,760 – $60,860	870

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Jackson, MS. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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