Business Teachers, Postsecondary in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,980
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$33,060
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$108,642
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
$129,040
Kept after tax
$95,980
Worth in national money
$108,642
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Louisiana pays this job a middle wage of $129,040, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 30.24% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Louisiana reports, this job comes in at 10 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $129,040 the take-home is $95,980; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $108,642 would nationally. The average comes to $137,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Louisiana's median for business teachers, postsecondary is $129,040, about 30.24% above the national figure and 3 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Business teachers, postsecondary ranks 10 of 484 occupations by median in Louisiana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for business teachers, postsecondary in Louisiana, on $129,040, is $95,980 — equivalent to $108,642 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $137,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Business Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $218,880 |
| This salary | $129,040 |
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 | $95,980 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,465 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,286 |
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 | $123,941 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,937 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $129,040 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,030 and the ninetieth is $218,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $95,980 take-home in Louisiana comes from $129,040. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 10 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $108,642 uses one figure for the whole of Louisiana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 484 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 10.
- The Louisiana median of $129,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,030 to $218,880. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $95,980, from $129,040, assumes a single Louisiana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 10 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $108,642, worked from $129,040, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Louisiana address, on work sitting at 10 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 $137,530, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $58,030 at the bottom tenth to $218,880 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Louisiana is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $108,642 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Louisiana adds its own income tax on top — which is why $95,980 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $137,530. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($58,030) and the ninetieth ($218,880) 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 $108,642 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 $95,980 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.