Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,689
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$8,011
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,793
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
$46,700
Kept after tax
$38,689
Worth in national money
$43,793
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Louisiana pays loan interviewers and clerks a middle wage of $46,700, 45 of 51 states and about 6.64% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Louisiana, this sits in the middle: 305 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,700 you keep $38,689, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,793 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $44,720, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Louisiana's $46,700 median for loan interviewers and clerks places it 45 of 51 states, about 6.64% 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.
- Loan interviewers and clerks ranks 305 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.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for loan interviewers and clerks on $46,700 is $38,689. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,793 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $44,720 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,330 |
| This salary | $46,700 |
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 | $38,689 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,703 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,935 |
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 | $45,437 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,550 |
| 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 loan interviewers and clerks in Louisiana earn under $46,700 and half over. The published range runs $27,640 at the tenth percentile to $58,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $38,689, from $46,700, 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 305 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 $43,793 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 305.
- Figures are distribution medians for loan interviewers and clerks in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,640 to $58,330; 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.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,689 from $46,700. 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 305 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,793, worked from $46,700, 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 305 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 $44,720 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $27,640 at the tenth percentile, $58,330 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,793.
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 $38,689.
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 $44,720. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,640 to $58,330) 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 $43,793 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 $38,689 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.