History Teachers, Postsecondary in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,416
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$16,574
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,650
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
$78,990
Kept after tax
$62,416
Worth in national money
$70,650
State rank
28
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Louisiana pays this job around $78,990 at the midpoint, 28 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Louisiana this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 94 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $78,990 you keep $62,416, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $70,650 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $84,290, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For history teachers, postsecondary the Louisiana median is $78,990, ranking 28 of 45 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Louisiana publishes a median for, history teachers, postsecondary sits 94 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for history teachers, postsecondary on $78,990 is $62,416. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $70,650 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 $84,290 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: History Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,340 |
| This salary | $78,990 |
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 | $62,416 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,399 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,379 |
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 | $76,171 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,048 |
| 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 history teachers, postsecondary in Louisiana earn under $78,990 and half over. The published range runs $47,820 at the tenth percentile to $122,340 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $62,416, from $78,990, 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 94 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $70,650, the adjusted value of that $78,990 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 94 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for history teachers, postsecondary in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,820 to $122,340; 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.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,416 from $78,990. 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 94 of 484 locally.
- This $70,650 adjusted figure, worked from $78,990, 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 94 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 94 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $84,290, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,820 at the bottom tenth to $122,340 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 $70,650 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $62,416.
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 45 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 $84,290. 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 ($47,820) and the ninetieth ($122,340) 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 $70,650 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 $62,416 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.