Chemical Technicians in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,036
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$18,814
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,880
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
$85,850
Kept after tax
$67,036
Worth in national money
$75,880
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for chemical technicians is strong here. Louisiana's middle earner gets $85,850, putting the state 1 of 51 — about 42.16% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Louisiana. It ranks 70 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 $85,850 you keep $67,036, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $75,880 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $85,720, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For chemical technicians, Louisiana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $85,850, ranking 1 of 51 and running about 42.16% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Louisiana, chemical technicians ranks 70 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 chemical technicians on $85,850 is $67,036. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $75,880 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 $85,720 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Chemical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,950 |
| This salary | $85,850 |
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 | $67,036 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,225 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,642 |
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 | $82,738 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,412 |
| 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 chemical technicians in Louisiana earn under $85,850 and half over. The published range runs $47,690 at the tenth percentile to $111,950 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $67,036, worked from $85,850. 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 70 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $75,880 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 70.
- Figures are distribution medians for chemical technicians in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,690 to $111,950; 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.
- The Louisiana take-home of $67,036, on $85,850 for work ranking 70 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 70 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $75,880, worked from $85,850, 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 70 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,690, the highest tenth $111,950, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $75,880 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 $67,036 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,690) and the ninetieth ($111,950) 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 $75,880 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 $67,036 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.