Magnolia State News

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula nonfarm payroll employees decrease by 0.7% since December 2021

By Magnolia State News | Jan 1, 2022

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for January 2022 in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula metropolitan statistical area was 157,700, a 0.7 percent decrease from the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Q4 2021: Mississippi's combined tax revenues up 4.4% since Q3 2021

By Magnolia State News | Jan 1, 2022

Mississippi collected $2.4 billion in total tax revenues during the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Mississippi secures $1.8 million in public pension contributions in 2021

By Magnolia State News | Jan 1, 2022

In 2021, Mississippi had received $1.8 million in contributions to its public pension funds, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.