Financial Examiners in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,999
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$18,311
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,706
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
$84,310
Kept after tax
$65,999
Worth in national money
$74,706
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Louisiana pays financial examiners around $84,310 at the midpoint, 26 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Louisiana. It ranks 73 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $84,310 the take-home is $65,999; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $74,706 would nationally. The average comes to $96,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For financial examiners the Louisiana median is $84,310, ranking 26 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Louisiana, financial examiners ranks 73 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for financial examiners in Louisiana, on $84,310, is $65,999 — equivalent to $74,706 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 $96,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,300 |
| This salary | $84,310 |
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 | $65,999 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,142 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,583 |
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 | $81,264 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,330 |
| 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 financial examiners in Louisiana earn under $84,310 and half over. The published range runs $50,800 at the tenth percentile to $164,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $65,999, worked from $84,310. 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 73 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $74,706, the adjusted value of that $84,310 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 73 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial examiners in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,800 to $164,300; 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.
- The Louisiana take-home of $65,999, on $84,310 for work ranking 73 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 73 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $74,706 — the adjusted value of that $84,310 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 73 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $96,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $50,800 and the top tenth $164,300 — 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 $74,706 in national terms.
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 $65,999 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $96,760. 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 ($50,800) and the ninetieth ($164,300) 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 $74,706 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 $65,999 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.