Fence Erectors in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,610
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$9,160
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,232
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
$51,770
Kept after tax
$42,610
Worth in national money
$48,232
State rank
10
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for fence erectors is strong here. Louisiana's middle earner gets $51,770, putting the state 10 of 45 — about 7.9% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Louisiana, this sits in the middle: 240 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $51,770 you keep $42,610 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $48,232 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $41,440.
- For fence erectors, Louisiana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,770, ranking 10 of 45 and running about 7.9% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Fence erectors ranks 240 of 484 occupations in Louisiana by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $42,610 after the full tax stack, from $51,770. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,232 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,440 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Fence Erectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $18,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,700 |
| This salary | $51,770 |
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 | $42,610 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,777 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,182 |
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 | $50,318 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,848 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,770 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $18,580 and the ninetieth is $60,700 — 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 $42,610, worked from $51,770. 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 240 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,232 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 240.
- The Louisiana median of $51,770 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $18,580 to $60,700. 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 $42,610, on $51,770 for work ranking 240 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 240 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,232, worked from $51,770, 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 240 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $41,440, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $18,580, the highest tenth $60,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $48,232.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Louisiana adds its own income tax on top — which is why $42,610 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $41,440. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($18,580) and the ninetieth ($60,700) 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 $48,232 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 $42,610 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.