Instructional Coordinators in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,390
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$11,730
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,169
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
$63,120
Kept after tax
$51,390
Worth in national money
$58,169
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana is among the lower-paying states for instructional coordinators. The middle earner takes $63,120, ranking 44 of 51 states — about 18.49% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Louisiana reports figures for, this is number 156.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $63,120 you keep $51,390 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $58,169 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $69,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- Louisiana ranks 44 of 51 for instructional coordinators, with a median of $63,120 — about 18.49% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Louisiana's occupational distribution, instructional coordinators sits at 156 of 484 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $51,390 after the full tax stack, from $63,120. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,169 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $69,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Instructional Coordinators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,300 |
| This salary | $63,120 |
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 | $51,390 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,897 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,734 |
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 | $61,244 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,678 |
| 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 instructional coordinators in Louisiana earn under $63,120 and half over. The published range runs $47,580 at the tenth percentile to $98,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $51,390 take-home in Louisiana comes from $63,120. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 156 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,169, the adjusted value of that $63,120 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 156 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for instructional coordinators in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,580 to $98,300; 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.
- Retained pay of $51,390, from $63,120, assumes a single Louisiana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 156 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $58,169 — the adjusted value of that $63,120 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 156 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $69,440 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,580 at the bottom tenth to $98,300 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 $58,169 in national terms.
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 $51,390.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $69,440. 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 ($47,580) and the ninetieth ($98,300) 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 $58,169 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 $51,390 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.