Industrial Engineers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,980
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$30,940
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,115
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
$122,920
Kept after tax
$91,980
Worth in national money
$104,115
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Louisiana pays industrial engineers a middle wage of $122,920, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 19.99% above the national middle.
- Within Louisiana this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, industrial engineers ranks 21 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $122,920 the take-home is $91,980; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $104,115 would nationally. The average comes to $124,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Louisiana's median for industrial engineers is $122,920, about 19.99% above the national figure and 7 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Louisiana publishes a median for, industrial engineers sits 21 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.
- Post-tax income for industrial engineers in Louisiana, on $122,920, is $91,980 — equivalent to $104,115 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 $124,660 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,670 |
| This salary | $122,920 |
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 | $91,980 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,282 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,063 |
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 | $118,195 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,620 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $122,920 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $78,540 and the ninetieth is $173,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $91,980, worked from $122,920. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 21 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $104,115 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 21.
- The Louisiana median of $122,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $78,540 to $173,670. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Louisiana take-home of $91,980, on $122,920 for work ranking 21 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 21 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $104,115, worked from $122,920, 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 21 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $78,540 and the top tenth $173,670 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $104,115.
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, $91,980 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($78,540) and the ninetieth ($173,670) 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 $104,115 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 $91,980 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.