Education Administrators, All Other in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,150
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$17,900
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,745
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
$83,050
Kept after tax
$65,150
Worth in national money
$73,745
State rank
35
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $83,050, ranking 35 of 49 states — about 12.76% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Louisiana this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 79 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $83,050 the take-home is $65,150; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $73,745 would nationally. The average comes to $93,000, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Louisiana ranks 35 of 49 for education administrators, all other, with a median of $83,050 — about 12.76% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Louisiana publishes a median for, education administrators, all other sits 79 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for education administrators, all other in Louisiana, on $83,050, is $65,150 — equivalent to $73,745 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 $93,000 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,990 |
| This salary | $83,050 |
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 | $65,150 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,256 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,535 |
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 | $80,057 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,264 |
| 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 $83,050. The published range is $56,530 up to $136,990, 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 $65,150, worked from $83,050. 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 79 of 484.
- Two cautions on $73,745, the adjusted value of that $83,050 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 79 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for education administrators, all other in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $56,530 to $136,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Louisiana take-home of $65,150, on $83,050 for work ranking 79 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 79 of 484 in the state.
- This $73,745 adjusted figure, worked from $83,050, 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 79 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 79 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $93,000 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $56,530 and the top tenth $136,990 — 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 $73,745 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $65,150.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $93,000. 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 ($56,530) and the ninetieth ($136,990) 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 $73,745 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 $65,150 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.