Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,429
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$8,521
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,763
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
$48,950
Kept after tax
$40,429
Worth in national money
$45,763
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Louisiana's middle earner gets $48,950, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 5.45% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Louisiana, this sits in the middle: 267 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,950 you keep $40,429 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $45,763 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $48,790.
- For industrial truck and tractor operators, Louisiana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,950, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 5.45% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Industrial truck and tractor operators ranks 267 of 484 occupations in Louisiana by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $40,429 after the full tax stack, from $48,950. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $45,763 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,790 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,230 |
| This salary | $48,950 |
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 | $40,429 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,511 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,045 |
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 | $47,603 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,682 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,950 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,980 and the ninetieth is $61,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $40,429, from $48,950, 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 267 of 484 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,763 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 267.
- The Louisiana median of $48,950 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,980 to $61,230. 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 $40,429 from $48,950. 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 267 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,763, worked from $48,950, 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 267 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,980 at the tenth percentile, $61,230 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,763 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 $40,429 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($35,980 to $61,230) 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 $45,763 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 $40,429 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.