Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$22,881
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$3,439
13.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,900
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
$26,320
Kept after tax
$22,881
Worth in national money
$25,900
State rank
43
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana is among the lower-paying states for baggage porters and bellhops. The middle earner takes $26,320, ranking 43 of 48 states — about 29.02% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Louisiana, this one sits low: 467 of 484 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $26,320 you keep $22,881, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $25,900 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $24,450, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Louisiana ranks 43 of 48 for baggage porters and bellhops, with a median of $26,320 — about 29.02% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Baggage porters and bellhops occupies position 467 of 484 in Louisiana's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for baggage porters and bellhops on $26,320 is $22,881. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $25,900 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 $24,450 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $15,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $29,060 |
| This salary | $26,320 |
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 | $22,881 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $23,285 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,938 |
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 | $25,830 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,290 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of baggage porters and bellhops in Louisiana earn under $26,320 and half over. The published range runs $15,910 at the tenth percentile to $29,060 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $22,881, from $26,320, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 467 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $25,900, the adjusted value of that $26,320 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Louisiana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 467 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $15,910 to $29,060; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $22,881 from $26,320. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 467 of 484 locally.
- This $25,900 adjusted figure, worked from $26,320, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 467 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 467 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $24,450, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $15,910 at the tenth percentile, $29,060 at the ninetieth.
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 $25,900.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Louisiana then takes its own share, leaving $22,881.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Louisiana is $24,450. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($15,910 to $29,060) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Louisiana rather than a national figure.
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 $25,900 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 $22,881 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.