Emergency Management Directors in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,243
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$22,307
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,037
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
$96,550
Kept after tax
$74,243
Worth in national money
$84,037
State rank
17
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Louisiana is 17 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $96,550. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Louisiana reports, this job comes in at 53 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $96,550 the take-home is $74,243; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $84,037 would nationally. The average comes to $98,950, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Louisiana ranks 17 of 47 for emergency management directors at $96,550. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Emergency management directors ranks 53 of 484 occupations by median in Louisiana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for emergency management directors in Louisiana, on $96,550, is $74,243 — equivalent to $84,037 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 $98,950 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Emergency Management Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $144,000 |
| This salary | $96,550 |
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 | $74,243 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,753 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,053 |
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 | $92,982 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,980 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $96,550 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,900 and the ninetieth is $144,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $74,243, from $96,550, 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 53 of 484 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $84,037 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 53.
- The Louisiana median of $96,550 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,900 to $144,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $74,243 from $96,550. 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 53 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $84,037, worked from $96,550, 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 53 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $58,900 at the bottom tenth to $144,000 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $84,037.
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 $74,243.
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 47 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 ($58,900) and the ninetieth ($144,000) 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 $84,037 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 $74,243 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.