SALARY · HOSTS AND HOSTESSES, RESTAURANT, LOUNGE, AND COFFEE SHOP · MISSISSIPPI

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop salary in Mississippi

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Mississippi, hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop earned a median of $21,990 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$21,990

$11 per hour at the median · That is $9,210 (29.5 percent) below the national median of $31,200 for this occupation.

$23,510Mean annual salary
$11Mean hourly wage
$2,660People employed in this job in Mississippi

Salary range

25th: $20,490Median: $21,99075th: $26,840
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$20,490
Median (50th percentile)$21,990
75th percentile$26,840
Mean$23,510

The middle half of workers earned from $20,490 to $26,840 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$19,571 a year
$1,631 a month
Federal tax $589 · FICA $1,682 · State tax $148

Caveat: the Mississippi DOR page also contains a stale 4.4 percent line beside the explicit 2026 row at 4 percent, so re-check against the final 2026 Form 80-105 instructions.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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