Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,457
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$12,043
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,377
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
$64,500
Kept after tax
$52,457
Worth in national money
$59,377
State rank
42
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Louisiana pays this job a middle wage of $64,500, 42 of 50 states and about 12.94% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Louisiana reports figures for, this is number 145.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $64,500 you keep $52,457, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $59,377 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $67,570, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Louisiana's $64,500 median for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment places it 42 of 50 states, about 12.94% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Louisiana's occupational distribution, electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment sits at 145 of 484 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment on $64,500 is $52,457. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $59,377 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 $67,570 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,810 |
| This salary | $64,500 |
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 | $52,457 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,006 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,802 |
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 | $62,572 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,967 |
| 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 $64,500. The published range is $44,690 up to $90,810, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $52,457 take-home in Louisiana comes from $64,500. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 145 of 484.
- Two cautions on $59,377, the adjusted value of that $64,500 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 145 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,690 to $90,810. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $52,457, from $64,500, assumes a single Louisiana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 145 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 50 for it.
- This $59,377 adjusted figure, worked from $64,500, 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 145 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 145 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $67,570, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,690 at the bottom tenth to $90,810 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $59,377.
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, $52,457 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $67,570. 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 ($44,690 to $90,810) 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 $59,377 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 $52,457 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.