trusted dollars let across 1,093 contracts in 2020–2026.
State market analysis · Mississippi Department of Transportation
Mississippi Highway Construction Market Report
A source-documented reading of what Mississippi Department of Transportation is buying, where competition is concentrated, and what the current bid record means at the estimating desk.
Executive summary
The market in six findings
This report starts with the decisions a heavy-civil contractor needs to make: how much work is visible, which segments matter, how crowded the field is, and where the largest opportunities are. Every finding below is calculated from the current Mississippi Department of Transportation snapshot.
Overlay is the largest work segment by dollars.
average reported bidders per covered job.
of ranked contractor dollars won by the top five firms.
2022 is the highest-volume year in the annual rollup.
largest available recent letting result, August 25, 2026.
Read this first. The snapshot contains 1,093 trusted contracts and $6.3B in apparent low-bid dollars. It is a record of public awards, not a forecast of final contract value or contractor margin.
1 · Market size
2022 is the largest year in the available record
Annual dollars let peak at $1.3B in 2022. Comparing that peak with job counts prevents a single large project from being mistaken for a broad change in demand.
Dollars let and jobs by year
Annual apparent low-bid dollars (bars) and trusted contract counts (dashed line). Hover for exact values; missing years are not interpolated.
| Year | Dollars let | Jobs | Bidders per job |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $484.3M | 145 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | $737.5M | 168 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | $1.3B | 205 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | $913.7M | 116 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | $1.2B | 179 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | $949.0M | 154 | 3.1 |
| 2026 | $726.4M | 126 | 3.6 |
What this says. The record runs from 2020 through 2026. 2026 contains 126 contracts totaling $726.4M; compare that with the annual table before treating the latest period as a trend.
2 · What is being bought
Overlay carries the most visible volume
Work-type rollups make the market more useful than one headline total. They show whether a contractor is looking at broad recurring work or a narrower segment dominated by a few awards.
Work types ranked by dollars let
The largest reported work types in the current snapshot. Hover a bar for dollars and job count.
| Work type | Jobs | Dollars let |
|---|---|---|
| Overlay | 461 | $2.4B |
| Construction | 376 | $1.9B |
| Bridge | 43 | $742.7M |
| Bridge Replacement | 41 | $475.5M |
| Intersection | 31 | $177.6M |
| Widening | 4 | $164.4M |
| Safety | 16 | $136.6M |
| Bridge Repair | 85 | $127.1M |
What this says. Overlay accounts for 38.8% of trusted dollars across 461 jobs. The next segment is Construction; use the table to see whether its volume comes from more jobs or larger jobs.
3 · Competition
2.7 bidders is the current competitive baseline
Bidder counts are a practical market signal. More reported bidders can mean more pricing pressure, while a low count can make a project attractive only if the scope, geography, and capacity fit.
Average bidders per job by year
Average reported bidders per covered job where the source publishes them. Gaps are left empty rather than interpolated.
| Year | Jobs | Bidders per job |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 145 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 168 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 205 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | 116 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 179 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 154 | 3.1 |
| 2026 | 126 | 3.6 |
What this says. 2026 averages 3.6 bidders per job. That is a snapshot of reported participation, not a guarantee of who will bid the next letting. The current aggregate single-bid share is 24%.
Practical use. Before pricing, compare the project’s work type and named geography with the work-type and county rollups below. A statewide average is a starting point, not a project-specific competitor list.
4 · Contractors
APAC - Mississippi, Inc. leads the apparent low-bid ranking
The contractor table answers who has converted public bids into apparent low-bid dollars during the snapshot. It should be read as market presence, not a forecast of award probability.
Contractors ranked by dollars won
Top apparent low-bid dollars attributed to contractors in the snapshot. Hover for wins and jobs bid.
| Contractor | Wins | Jobs bid | Dollars won |
|---|---|---|---|
| APAC - Mississippi, Inc. | 182 | 311 | $1.1B |
| W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Company | 7 | 30 | $597.4M |
| Eutaw Construction Company, Inc. | 5 | 13 | $418.5M |
| Lehman-Roberts Company | 50 | 83 | $336.8M |
| Huey P Stockstill, LLC | 20 | 38 | $329.7M |
| Dickerson & Bowen, Inc. | 74 | 135 | $284.1M |
| Necaise Brothers Construction Co., Inc. | 7 | 10 | $275.8M |
| Talbot Brothers Contracting Co., Inc. | 20 | 55 | $247.7M |
| Dunn Roadbuilders, LLC | 40 | 79 | $244.6M |
| Key, LLC | 70 | 217 | $240.5M |
What this says. The top five firms account for 44.7% of ranked contractor dollars. Large-project wins can move this ranking quickly, so also inspect wins and jobs bid in the accessible table.
5 · Where the work is
Jackson has the largest named county rollup
County totals are derived from the snapshot’s geography rollups. They are useful for locating concentration, but they are not a complete map when source records do not name a county.
Top counties by dollars let
County rollups ranked by trusted dollars; districts are excluded from this view. Hover for job counts.
| County | Jobs | Dollars let |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 40 | $1.1B |
| Madison | 99 | $361.0M |
| Union | 8 | $245.6M |
| Hinds | 52 | $220.2M |
| Harrison | 23 | $196.1M |
| Gluckstadt | 1 | $196.0M |
| Rankin | 23 | $173.8M |
| Lauderdale | 24 | $163.5M |
| to | 1 | $155.8M |
| Copiah | 33 | $128.0M |
Largest recent letting results
Recent letting results ranked by available apparent low bid; pending values are omitted. Hover for the letting date.
| Project | Letting date | Apparent low bid |
|---|---|---|
| 108168301 | August 25, 2026 | $196.0M |
| 102168301 | September 23, 2025 | $138.8M |
| 101649301 | March 4, 2025 | $97.4M |
| 102401301 | June 26, 2025 | $87.9M |
| 108634301 | July 31, 2025 | $68.7M |
| 109171301 | April 28, 2026 | $35.2M |
| 108142301 | July 31, 2025 | $27.1M |
| 100881301 | July 28, 2026 | $25.1M |
What this says. Jackson leads the named-county view at $1.1B. The largest available recent result is $196.0M for 108168301.
6 · What it means
Four actions for the next bid review
- Overlay is the largest visible work segment, representing 38.8% of trusted dollars.
- The market averages 2.7 reported bidders per covered job; use that baseline alongside the project type and location.
- APAC - Mississippi, Inc. leads the apparent low-bid ranking at $1.1B won. Rankings describe the snapshot, not the next award.
- Jackson is the largest named county rollup at $1.1B. County totals are a floor because not every record names a county.
Bottom line. Use the public snapshot to narrow the field: start with the largest work segments, check bidder depth and named geography, then validate each lead against the underlying letting and contractor records.
Method
How to read the numbers
- Snapshot
- Trusted public letting, contract, bid-tabulation, and estimate records through August 25, 2026.
- Dollars let
- The sum of apparent low bids for trusted contracts; it is not final paid value.
- Contractors
- Dollars won are attributed to the apparent low bidder and do not imply an executed or final-paid contract.
- Geography
- County and district rollups are shown only where the source snapshot provides them.
- Limits
- These are descriptive market patterns. They do not establish causes, margins, or future awards.
Questions answered
About this market analysis
What does this Mississippi construction story measure?
It measures trusted public letting and bid-tabulation records in the active Mississippi content snapshot. Annual figures group those source records by letting year without interpolation.
How is the dollars-by-year chart calculated?
The chart groups trusted contract dollars by source letting year. BidCrew does not interpolate missing years or manufacture a trend from the headline total.
How is estimate accuracy defined?
Where published, estimate accuracy compares apparent low bids with source-reported engineer estimates using the methodology linked below. It is suppressed when the source data is not suitable for an independent comparison.