Cashiers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,222
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$3,528
13.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,286
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
$26,750
Kept after tax
$23,222
Worth in national money
$26,286
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana is among the lower-paying states for cashiers. The middle earner takes $26,750, ranking 49 of 51 states — about 18.64% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Louisiana this is lower-paid work. Of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, cashiers ranks 464. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $26,750 the take-home is $23,222; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $26,286 would nationally. The average comes to $26,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Louisiana ranks 49 of 51 for cashiers, with a median of $26,750 — about 18.64% 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.
- Against every occupation Louisiana reports, cashiers ranks 464 of 484, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for cashiers in Louisiana, on $26,750, is $23,222 — equivalent to $26,286 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 $26,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $19,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $34,780 |
| This salary | $26,750 |
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 | $23,222 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $23,639 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,960 |
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 | $26,245 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,327 |
| 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 $26,750. The published range is $19,300 up to $34,780, 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 $23,222, worked from $26,750. 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 464 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $26,286 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 464.
- Reported values are medians; for cashiers in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $19,300 to $34,780. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Louisiana take-home of $23,222, on $26,750 for work ranking 464 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 464 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $26,286, worked from $26,750, 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 464 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $19,300 at the tenth percentile, $34,780 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 $26,286.
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 $23,222 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($19,300 to $34,780) 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 $26,286 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 $23,222 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.