First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,218
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$10,802
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,579
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
$59,020
Kept after tax
$48,218
Worth in national money
$54,579
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Louisiana is 30 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $59,020. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Louisiana reports figures for, this is number 199.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $59,020 you keep $48,218 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $54,579 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $63,670, since top earners drag the number up.
- Louisiana ranks 30 of 48 for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers at $59,020. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Louisiana's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers sits at 199 of 484 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $48,218 after the full tax stack, from $59,020. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,579 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $63,670 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,970 |
| This salary | $59,020 |
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 | $48,218 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,603 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,535 |
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 | $57,297 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,275 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Louisiana earn under $59,020 and half over. The published range runs $44,020 at the tenth percentile to $95,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $48,218 take-home in Louisiana comes from $59,020. 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 199 of 484.
- Two cautions on $54,579, the adjusted value of that $59,020 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 199 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,020 to $95,970; 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.
- Retained pay of $48,218, from $59,020, 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 199 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- This $54,579 adjusted figure, worked from $59,020, 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 199 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 199 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 $63,670 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $44,020 at the bottom tenth to $95,970 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Louisiana sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $54,579 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $48,218 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 48 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 $63,670. 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 ($44,020) and the ninetieth ($95,970) 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 $54,579 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 $48,218 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.