Computer User Support Specialists in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,129
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$9,311
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,818
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
$52,440
Kept after tax
$43,129
Worth in national money
$48,818
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $52,440. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 15.23% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 239 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $52,440 you keep $43,129 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $48,818 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $59,700, since top earners drag the number up.
- For computer user support specialists, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $52,440, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 15.23%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 239 of 484 in Louisiana places computer user support specialists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $43,129 after the full tax stack, from $52,440. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,818 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $59,700 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer User Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,610 |
| This salary | $52,440 |
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 | $43,129 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,316 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,215 |
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 | $50,963 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,888 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $52,440 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,510 and the ninetieth is $90,610 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $43,129, worked from $52,440. 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 239 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,818 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 239.
- The Louisiana median of $52,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,510 to $90,610. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Louisiana take-home of $43,129, on $52,440 for work ranking 239 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 239 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,818, worked from $52,440, 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 239 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 $59,700, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,510 and the top tenth $90,610 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Louisiana sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $48,818 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Louisiana's own levy, $43,129 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $59,700. 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 ($36,510) and the ninetieth ($90,610) 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 $48,818 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 $43,129 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.