Information Security Analysts in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,845
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$21,145
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,323
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
$92,990
Kept after tax
$71,845
Worth in national money
$81,323
State rank
45
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $92,990. That is 45 of 48 states, and about 28.02% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Louisiana reports, this job comes in at 60 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $92,990 you keep $71,845 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $81,323 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $100,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- For information security analysts, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $92,990, ranking 45 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 28.02%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Information security analysts ranks 60 of 484 occupations by median in Louisiana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $71,845 after the full tax stack, from $92,990. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $81,323 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $100,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,190 |
| This salary | $92,990 |
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 | $71,845 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,248 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,916 |
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 | $89,574 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,791 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Louisiana earn less than $92,990. The published range is $66,660 up to $139,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $71,845, worked from $92,990. 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 60 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $81,323 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 60.
- Reported values are medians; for information security analysts in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,660 to $139,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Louisiana take-home of $71,845, on $92,990 for work ranking 60 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 60 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $81,323, worked from $92,990, 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 60 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 $100,810, 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 $66,660 at the bottom tenth to $139,190 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Louisiana is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $81,323 in national terms.
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 $71,845 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $100,810. 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 ($66,660) and the ninetieth ($139,190) 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 $81,323 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 $71,845 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.