Hattiesburg
Cost of Living in Hattiesburg, MS (2026): Rent, Utilities & Take-Home
$2,355 left/mo
$2,991/mo in Hattiesburg. $2,355 left each month. Prices near the US average.
Monthly costs
Take-home $5,346/mo.
- Taxes$1,632
- Rent$1,055
- Other$1,936
- Left$2,355
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (MS)
- −$3,583
- Take-home pay
- $64,151
- Effective tax rate
- 23.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,055
- Groceries
- $374
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $421
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $327
- Total spending
- $2,991
After tax and rent
$2,355 left/mo
Stats
- Rent
- $1,256
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,346
- Per month
- Tax
- 23%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 6% below
- US, besides rent
Average electric bill in Mississippi
About $126 a month for a household using 900 kWh. That is the EIA residential price for Mississippi in 2025, 14.03¢ per kWh. It is a state average, not a Hattiesburg utility bill, and the utilities line in the monthly costs above already includes a modelled power cost.
Moving from Hattiesburg
Take-home by job in Hattiesburg
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer