Division of Research & Evaluation

Appalachian Regional Commission

Industrial snapshot: Appalachian Mississippi

Largest industrial share in 2017: Manufacturing, 51,000 jobs, 16 percent of total employment

Fastest growth in employment from 2012 to 2017: Utilities, 42.2 percent growth

Fastest growth in earnings per employee from 2012 to 2017: Utilities, 18.2 percent growth

For more information, please see the complete report, Industrial Make-up of the Appalachian Region, Employment and Earnings, 2002-2017, available 

for download at www.arc.gov/research. The report includes county-level maps for each industry in the region, allowing for comparisons across states and 

subregions, as well discussion about how trends in the Region compare with those in the United States as a whole.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 322 1,269 1,591 13,420 196,132 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $37,988 $40,580 $40,055 $46,697 $57,187

Manufacturing 51 99 151 1,342 13,307 16.0 7.8 9.5 10.0 6.8 $53,021 $59,989 $57,608 $63,583 $77,469

State & Local Government 40 179 219 1,488 19,619 12.5 14.1 13.8 11.1 10.0 $45,620 $49,730 $48,979 $58,113 $69,677

Retail Trade 35 137 172 1,493 19,222 10.8 10.8 10.8 11.1 9.8 $16,375 $15,718 $15,851 $17,906 $22,477

Health, Social Services 32 126 158 1,562 22,199 10.0 9.9 10.0 11.6 11.3 $48,310 $47,804 $47,907 $53,807 $56,340

Professional, Technical Services 30 139 170 1,619 28,479 9.5 11.0 10.7 12.1 14.5 $20,127 $30,074 $28,293 $43,107 $61,372

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 24 132 155 1,240 19,155 7.4 10.4 9.8 9.2 9.8 $15,861 $20,545 $19,823 $21,308 $27,685

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 21 81 102 874 14,148 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.5 7.2 $66,544 $73,651 $72,214 $80,686 $83,878

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 19 92 111 1,040 19,616 6.0 7.2 7.0 7.8 10.0 $26,629 $28,819 $28,435 $37,716 $60,386

Personal & Other Services 19 76 95 793 11,170 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.7 $26,515 $26,162 $26,233 $32,180 $36,353

Construction 17 66 84 775 10,636 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.4 $39,375 $45,673 $44,367 $53,773 $64,788

Farming, Forestry 15 41 55 325 3,552 4.6 3.2 3.5 2.4 1.8 $17,192 $24,058 $22,228 $13,726 $28,111

Federal Government, Military 8 45 53 241 4,786 2.4 3.5 3.3 1.8 2.4 $60,871 $73,591 $71,747 $78,938 $91,808

Education, Information Services 6 34 40 432 8,075 2.0 2.7 2.5 3.2 4.1 $82,148 $74,665 $75,846 $79,670 $82,520

Utilities 2 7 9 57 664 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 $90,283 $92,123 $91,682 $109,314 $125,893

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 1 15 17 140 1,505 0.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 $22,292 $31,196 $30,441 $48,966 $67,769

Mississippi App. U.S. Mississippi App. U.S. 2017

Employment (thousands) Industrial Share Earnings per employee

Mississippi App. U.S.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 3.9 4.9 4.7 4.7 9.6 -0.2 -3.0 -2.5 3.7 3.4

Manufacturing 5.8 6.4 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.2 2.7 3.5 3.4 1.4

State & Local Government -0.8 -2.0 -1.8 -0.7 2.3 6.5 6.9 6.8 6.8 7.9

Retail Trade 2.8 5.7 5.1 2.5 6.4 -3.1 6.2 4.0 22.4 15.6

Health, Social Services 8.1 5.5 6.0 5.3 10.5 2.7 -1.7 -0.8 4.7 4.1

Professional, Technical Services 3.1 11.2 9.6 7.1 12.0 1.6 -2.5 -1.6 9.3 7.8

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 17.1 10.1 11.1 11.6 15.1 -1.5 -4.8 -4.6 6.2 8.0

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 5.9 12.4 11.0 6.2 16.8 -3.6 -4.1 -3.9 -0.6 -5.6

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 8.6 7.2 7.4 8.6 11.7 0.9 -5.7 -4.7 -2.5 2.9

Personal & Other Services 4.7 6.1 5.8 3.7 7.7 -6.2 -10.0 -9.2 3.1 2.5

Construction -9.2 -0.8 -2.7 7.2 19.0 -15.9 -10.2 -11.2 3.5 7.9

Farming, Forestry -1.3 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.3 -6.8 -1.4 -2.5 -6.2 -18.9

Federal Government, Military -5.6 -6.5 -6.4 -3.9 -2.9 0.9 1.7 1.6 3.4 2.8

Education, Information Services -0.4 -1.4 -1.3 2.4 8.7 -6.2 7.8 5.1 4.4 6.5

Utilities 42.2 7.3 14.0 11.0 14.9 18.2 -2.0 1.2 0.3 -2.6

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 6.8 2.3 2.7 -17.3 -2.7 -43.2 -66.5 -65.7 -23.3 -36.4

2012-2017

Percent change in employment Percent change in earnings per employee

Mississippi App. U.S. Mississippi App. U.S.