Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,359
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$18,001
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,982
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
$83,360
Kept after tax
$65,359
Worth in national money
$73,982
State rank
48
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 $83,360. That is 48 of 51 states, and about 21.26% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Louisiana. It ranks 78 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $83,360 the take-home is $65,359; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $73,982 would nationally. The average comes to $89,440, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For education administrators, kindergarten through secondary, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $83,360, ranking 48 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 21.26%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Louisiana, education administrators, kindergarten through secondary ranks 78 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.
- Post-tax income for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Louisiana, on $83,360, is $65,359 — equivalent to $73,982 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 $89,440 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,320 |
| This salary | $83,360 |
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 | $65,359 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,474 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,546 |
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 | $80,354 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,280 |
| 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 education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Louisiana earn under $83,360 and half over. The published range runs $63,470 at the tenth percentile to $123,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $65,359, from $83,360, 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 78 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $73,982, the adjusted value of that $83,360 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 78 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,470 to $123,320; 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 $65,359 from $83,360. 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 78 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $73,982 — the adjusted value of that $83,360 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 78 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 $89,440 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $63,470 and the top tenth $123,320, so most people doing this work in Louisiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $73,982 in national terms.
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, $65,359 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 $89,440. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($63,470 to $123,320) 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 $73,982 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 $65,359 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.