Engineering Jobs in Mississippi

Engineering hiring in Mississippi: the current picture

There are 60 live engineering openings in Mississippi right now, pulled directly from employer career sites. Employers added at least 14 new engineering postings in Mississippi in the past week — an unusually active market, with a fifth or more of all live listings arriving in the last seven days.

Hiring is concentrated: Anduril Industries alone accounts for roughly 18% of open roles, with Northrop Grumman and Amazon Data Services next in line. Canton has the deepest pool (10 openings), followed by Jackson (7) and Iuka (6). Of postings that specify a schedule, 95% are full-time. 1 listings are remote-eligible — a small slice (2%) of the market.

Posted pay in Mississippi runs below the national mix for engineering work: 44% of salaried postings here advertise $100K or more, versus 75% nationwide. The median posted salary is about $94,000 here, compared with roughly $132,000 across all states.

For context beyond current listings: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the average annual wage for architecture and engineering occupations in Mississippi at $89,000 (median $82,000) as of May 2025. Posted salaries on new openings here currently run above that benchmark. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.