First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,172
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$10,788
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,527
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
$58,960
Kept after tax
$48,172
Worth in national money
$54,527
State rank
42
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $58,960. That is 42 of 49 states, and about 24.38% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 201 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $58,960 you keep $48,172, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $54,527 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $64,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of correctional officers, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $58,960, ranking 42 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 24.38%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 201 of 484 in Louisiana places first-line supervisors of correctional officers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of correctional officers on $58,960 is $48,172. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $54,527 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $64,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,080 |
| This salary | $58,960 |
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 | $48,172 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,554 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,532 |
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 | $57,239 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,272 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,960 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,890 and the ninetieth is $90,080 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $48,172 take-home in Louisiana comes from $58,960. 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 201 of 484.
- Two cautions on $54,527, the adjusted value of that $58,960 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Louisiana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 201 of 484 locally.
- The Louisiana median of $58,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,890 to $90,080. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $48,172, from $58,960, 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 201 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 49 for it.
- This $54,527 adjusted figure, worked from $58,960, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 201 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 201 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 $64,000, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $44,890 and the top tenth $90,080 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $54,527.
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 $48,172.
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.
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 $64,000. 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 ($44,890) and the ninetieth ($90,080) 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 $54,527 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 $48,172 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.