Funeral Attendants in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,057
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$4,313
14.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,495
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
$30,370
Kept after tax
$26,057
Worth in national money
$29,495
State rank
42
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for funeral attendants is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $30,370. That is 42 of 48 states, and about 14.88% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 484 occupations Louisiana publishes, funeral attendants lands at 438. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $30,370 the take-home is $26,057; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $29,495 would nationally. The average comes to $30,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For funeral attendants, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $30,370, ranking 42 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 14.88%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Louisiana, this work ranks 438 of 484 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for funeral attendants in Louisiana, on $30,370, is $26,057 — equivalent to $29,495 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 $30,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Funeral Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $17,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,470 |
| This salary | $30,370 |
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 | $26,057 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,582 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,140 |
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 | $29,717 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,588 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $30,370 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $17,590 and the ninetieth is $42,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $26,057 take-home in Louisiana comes from $30,370. 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 438 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,495 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 438.
- The Louisiana median of $30,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $17,590 to $42,470. 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 $26,057, from $30,370, 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 438 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,495, worked from $30,370, 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 438 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $17,590 at the bottom tenth to $42,470 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $29,495.
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 $26,057 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($17,590) and the ninetieth ($42,470) 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 $29,495 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 $26,057 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.