Sanderson Farms, LLC
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THE QUICK READ
Sanderson Farms processes chicken at its plant in Collins, Mississippi, where production lines handle slaughter through packaging. The facility employs roughly 1,500 people and carries about 62,800 pounds of ammonia in its refrigeration system. Collins is the county seat of Covington County in south-central Mississippi, a small city of about 2,500 roughly 80 miles southeast of Jackson.
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PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Mississippi
- $22.47–$33.57/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Mississippi
- $27.35–$37.79/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 775 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Mississippi pay levels
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Mississippi
- $20.82–$32.19/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Mississippi
- $26–$35.64/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Mississippi pay levels
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~1,500
- Products
- chicken, poultry, processing, slaughter
- Size
- Large
- Ammonia on site
- 62,768 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
EPA RMP · Sep 2026From public EPA records, as of September 4, 2026. Reported as filed — we add no opinions or grades.
LIVING IN COLLINS, MS
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peco Foods INC. | Bay Springs, MS | 30 mi | 4 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Forest, MS | 49 mi | 10 JOBS → |
| Lineage Logistics | Richland, MS | 54 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Peco Foods INC. | Sebastopol, MS | 63 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Vicksburg, MS | 81 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Carthage, MS | 81 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Foster Poultry Farms | Demopolis, AL | 116 mi | 5 JOBS → |
| Peco Foods INC. | West Point, MS | 144 mi | 4 JOBS → |
ABOUT SANDERSON FARMS FOODS, LLC
D R Sanderson Sr founded the company in 1947 as a feed and seed store in Laurel, Mississippi, and it grew into a fully integrated poultry producer that processes, markets, and distributes fresh and frozen chicken and prepared foods. The company went public in 1987 and became a major poultry processor with plants across the southeastern United States. In 2022 Cargill and Continental Grain acquired Sanderson Farms for 4.5 billion dollars and merged it with Wayne Farms to form Wayne-Sanderson Farms, a privately held company based in Oakwood, Georgia.
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