Interior Designers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,448
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$11,162
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,972
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
$60,610
Kept after tax
$49,448
Worth in national money
$55,972
State rank
40
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Louisiana pays interior designers a middle wage of $60,610, 40 of 49 states and about 9.79% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Interior designers ranks 181 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,610 the take-home is $49,448; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,972 would nationally. The average lands at $59,410, below the middle of the range.
- Louisiana's $60,610 median for interior designers places it 40 of 49 states, about 9.79% 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.
- Position 181 of 484 in Louisiana places interior designers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for interior designers in Louisiana, on $60,610, is $49,448 — equivalent to $55,972 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 $59,410 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Interior Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,280 |
| This salary | $60,610 |
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 | $49,448 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,880 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,612 |
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 | $58,828 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,369 |
| 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 interior designers in Louisiana earn under $60,610 and half over. The published range runs $37,500 at the tenth percentile to $81,280 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $49,448, worked from $60,610. 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 181 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,972, the adjusted value of that $60,610 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 181 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for interior designers in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,500 to $81,280; 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.
- The Louisiana take-home of $49,448, on $60,610 for work ranking 181 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 181 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $55,972 — the adjusted value of that $60,610 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 181 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 $37,500 and the top tenth $81,280 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $55,972 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 $49,448.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,500) and the ninetieth ($81,280) 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 $55,972 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 $49,448 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.