Communications Teachers, Postsecondary in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,244
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$16,006
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,324
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
$77,250
Kept after tax
$61,244
Worth in national money
$69,324
State rank
27
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Louisiana is 27 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $77,250. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Louisiana reports, this job comes in at 104 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $77,250 you keep $61,244 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $69,324 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $80,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- Louisiana ranks 27 of 48 for communications teachers, postsecondary at $77,250. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Communications teachers, postsecondary ranks 104 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.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $61,244 after the full tax stack, from $77,250. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $69,324 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $80,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,690 |
| This salary | $77,250 |
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 | $61,244 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,175 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,312 |
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 | $74,505 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,956 |
| 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 communications teachers, postsecondary in Louisiana earn under $77,250 and half over. The published range runs $51,130 at the tenth percentile to $123,690 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $61,244, from $77,250, 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 104 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $69,324, the adjusted value of that $77,250 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 104 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for communications teachers, postsecondary in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,130 to $123,690; 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 $61,244 from $77,250. 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 104 of 484 locally.
- This $69,324 adjusted figure, worked from $77,250, 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 104 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 104 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $80,390, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,130 at the bottom tenth to $123,690 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $69,324.
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 $61,244.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $80,390. 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 ($51,130) and the ninetieth ($123,690) 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 $69,324 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 $61,244 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.