Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,755
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$7,445
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,604
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
$44,200
Kept after tax
$36,755
Worth in national money
$41,604
State rank
33
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $44,200. That is 33 of 45 states, and about 3.41% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 333 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,200 the take-home is $36,755; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,604 would nationally. The average comes to $45,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $44,200, ranking 33 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 3.41%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 333 of 484 in Louisiana places extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Louisiana, on $44,200, is $36,755 — equivalent to $41,604 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 $45,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,330 |
| This salary | $44,200 |
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 | $36,755 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,695 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,813 |
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 | $43,030 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,402 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,200 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,400 and the ninetieth is $59,330 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $36,755, worked from $44,200. 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 333 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,604, the adjusted value of that $44,200 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 333 of 484 in the state.
- The Louisiana median of $44,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,400 to $59,330. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Louisiana take-home of $36,755, on $44,200 for work ranking 333 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 333 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $41,604 — the adjusted value of that $44,200 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 333 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,400 at the bottom tenth to $59,330 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 $41,604.
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, $36,755 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,400 to $59,330) 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 $41,604 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 $36,755 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.