Marketing Managers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,474
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$30,176
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,410
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
$120,650
Kept after tax
$90,474
Worth in national money
$102,410
State rank
41
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for marketing managers is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $120,650. That is 41 of 48 states, and about 27.66% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Louisiana reports, marketing managers comes in at 23 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $120,650 the take-home is $90,474; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $102,410 would nationally. The average comes to $136,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For marketing managers, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $120,650, ranking 41 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 27.66%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Marketing managers ranks 23 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.
- Post-tax income for marketing managers in Louisiana, on $120,650, is $90,474 — equivalent to $102,410 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 $136,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $208,180 |
| This salary | $120,650 |
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 | $90,474 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,707 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,978 |
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 | $116,054 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,466 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $120,650 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $72,800 and the ninetieth is $208,180 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $90,474, from $120,650, 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 23 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $102,410, the adjusted value of that $120,650 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 23 of 484 in the state.
- The Louisiana median of $120,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $72,800 to $208,180. 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 $90,474 from $120,650. 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 23 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $102,410 — the adjusted value of that $120,650 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 23 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 $136,210 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 $72,800 at the bottom tenth to $208,180 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $102,410.
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 $90,474 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 $136,210. 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 ($72,800) and the ninetieth ($208,180) 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 $102,410 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 $90,474 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.