Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,754
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$3,666
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,888
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
$27,420
Kept after tax
$23,754
Worth in national money
$26,888
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Louisiana pays hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks a middle wage of $27,420, 49 of 51 states and about 21.81% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Louisiana this is lower-paid work. Of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ranks 458. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $27,420 you keep $23,754, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $26,888 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $27,350, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Louisiana's $27,420 median for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks places it 49 of 51 states, about 21.81% 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.
- Against every occupation Louisiana reports, hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ranks 458 of 484, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks on $27,420 is $23,754. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $26,888 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 $27,350 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $27,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $34,700 |
| This salary | $27,420 |
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 | $23,754 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $24,190 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,994 |
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 | $26,890 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,385 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $27,420 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $21,940 and the ninetieth is $34,700 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $23,754, from $27,420, 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 458 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $26,888, the adjusted value of that $27,420 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 458 of 484 in the state.
- The Louisiana median of $27,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $21,940 to $34,700. 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 $23,754 from $27,420. 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 458 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $26,888 — the adjusted value of that $27,420 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 458 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $21,940 at the tenth percentile, $34,700 at the ninetieth.
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 $26,888.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Louisiana's own levy, $23,754 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($21,940 to $34,700) 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 $26,888 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 $23,754 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.