Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,948
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$16,832
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,253
Louisiana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Louisiana — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$79,780
Kept after tax
$62,948
Worth in national money
$71,253
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Louisiana is 23 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $79,780. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Louisiana. It ranks 91 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,780 you keep $62,948, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $71,253 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $80,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Louisiana ranks 23 of 50 for aircraft mechanics and service technicians at $79,780. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Louisiana, aircraft mechanics and service technicians ranks 91 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for aircraft mechanics and service technicians on $79,780 is $62,948. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $71,253 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $80,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,830 |
| This salary | $79,780 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Louisiana | $62,948 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,955 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,409 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $76,927 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,090 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Louisiana earn less than $79,780. The published range is $47,840 up to $107,830, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $62,948, worked from $79,780. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 91 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,253, the adjusted value of that $79,780 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 91 of 484 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,840 to $107,830. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Louisiana take-home of $62,948, on $79,780 for work ranking 91 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 91 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $71,253 — the adjusted value of that $79,780 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 91 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,840, the highest tenth $107,830, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $71,253.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Louisiana's own levy, $62,948 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,840) and the ninetieth ($107,830) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Louisiana's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $71,253 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $62,948 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Louisiana income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.