Auto body & paint in Mississippi 384 establishments · 2,124 employees · 2024
Firms (MS)
384
Employment
2,124
Avg Annual Pay
$58,933
State Rank
#31 of 52
How Mississippi compares to national
Metric
Mississippi
National
Mississippi vs. U.S.
Establishments
384
35,605
1.1% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$58,933
$67,509
-$8,576 (-12.7%)
Location quotient
1.46
1.00
46% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
5.5
7.2
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Year-over-year firm growth
+2.1%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.46 means auto body & paint are 46% over-represented in Mississippi's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 811121. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json