Helpers--Electricians in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,400
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$6,170
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,675
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
$38,570
Kept after tax
$32,400
Worth in national money
$36,675
State rank
38
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Louisiana pays helpers--electricians a middle wage of $38,570, 38 of 47 states and about 9.61% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Helpers--electricians ranks 363 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,570 you keep $32,400 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,675 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $40,800, since top earners drag the number up.
- Louisiana's $38,570 median for helpers--electricians places it 38 of 47 states, about 9.61% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 363 of 484 in Louisiana places helpers--electricians 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.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $32,400 after the full tax stack, from $38,570. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,675 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $40,800 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,220 |
| This salary | $38,570 |
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 | $32,400 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,171 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,539 |
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 | $37,611 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,071 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,570 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,790 and the ninetieth is $54,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $32,400, from $38,570, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 363 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $36,675, the adjusted value of that $38,570 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 363 of 484 locally.
- The Louisiana median of $38,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,790 to $54,220. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,400 from $38,570. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 363 of 484 locally.
- This $36,675 adjusted figure, worked from $38,570, 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 363 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 363 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 $40,800, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $28,790 at the bottom tenth to $54,220 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,675 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 $32,400 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 $40,800. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,790 to $54,220) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Louisiana rather than a national figure.
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 $36,675 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 $32,400 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.