Take-home pay in Mississippi by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Mississippi keeps $79,578 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $74,650 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$79,578 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Mississippi, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,862 more than as a C corporation.

Mississippi, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$25,350	$74,650	75%
Single-member LLC	$25,350	$74,650	75%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$20,422	$79,578	80%
S corporation	$20,442	$79,558	80%
C corporation	$29,284	$70,716	71%

What Mississippi takes from a business owner

Mississippi taxes personal income in 2 brackets, from 0% to 4% (2026, single filer).dor.ms.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state LLC Annual Report (Form F0108), no feesos.ms.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Mississippi corporate franchise tax applies to LLC as S corp, S corp, C corpdor.ms.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Mississippi can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 0% to 5%, and the owner gets a credit for it. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totaldor.ms.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Mississippi unemployment tax at 1% on the first $14,000 of salary in the first yearmdes.ms.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$39,141	$39,141	$39,402	$39,380	$37,173
$100,000	$74,650	$74,650	$79,578	$79,558	$70,716
$150,000	$107,549	$107,549	$115,383	$115,362	$100,293
$250,000	$174,963	$174,963	$185,399	$185,379	$161,061
$500,000	$311,900	$311,900	$341,965	$341,947	$306,002

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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