Electrical Engineers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,497
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$31,213
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,699
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
$123,710
Kept after tax
$92,497
Worth in national money
$104,699
State rank
15
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Louisiana pays electrical engineers a middle wage of $123,710, ranking 15 of 49 states and sitting about 2.55% above the national middle.
- Within Louisiana this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, electrical engineers ranks 20 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $123,710 you keep $92,497 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $104,699 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $124,290, since top earners drag the number up.
- Louisiana's median for electrical engineers is $123,710, about 2.55% above the national figure and 15 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Louisiana publishes a median for, electrical engineers sits 20 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.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $92,497 after the full tax stack, from $123,710. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $104,699 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $124,290 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $123,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $178,330 |
| This salary | $123,710 |
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 | $92,497 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,822 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,092 |
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 | $118,929 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,661 |
| 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 electrical engineers in Louisiana earn under $123,710 and half over. The published range runs $77,210 at the tenth percentile to $178,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $92,497 take-home in Louisiana comes from $123,710. 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 20 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $104,699, the adjusted value of that $123,710 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 20 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical engineers in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,210 to $178,330; 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.
- Retained pay of $92,497, from $123,710, 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 20 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $104,699 — the adjusted value of that $123,710 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 20 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $77,210 and the top tenth $178,330 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $104,699 in national terms.
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 $92,497.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($77,210) and the ninetieth ($178,330) 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 $104,699 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 $92,497 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.