Mechanical Door Repairers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,006
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$8,104
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,152
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
$47,110
Kept after tax
$39,006
Worth in national money
$44,152
State rank
40
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana is among the lower-paying states for mechanical door repairers. The middle earner takes $47,110, ranking 40 of 45 states — about 15.45% 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 297.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,110 you keep $39,006 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,152 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,030, since top earners drag the number up.
- Louisiana ranks 40 of 45 for mechanical door repairers, with a median of $47,110 — about 15.45% 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, mechanical door repairers sits at 297 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 $39,006 after the full tax stack, from $47,110. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,152 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,030 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Mechanical Door Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,680 |
| This salary | $47,110 |
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 | $39,006 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,033 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,955 |
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 | $45,832 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,574 |
| 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 $47,110. The published range is $35,500 up to $70,680, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,006 take-home in Louisiana comes from $47,110. 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 297 of 484.
- Two cautions on $44,152, the adjusted value of that $47,110 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Louisiana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 297 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for mechanical door repairers in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,500 to $70,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,006, from $47,110, 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 297 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 45 for it.
- This $44,152 adjusted figure, worked from $47,110, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 297 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 297 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,500 at the bottom tenth to $70,680 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 $44,152 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 $39,006 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,500) and the ninetieth ($70,680) 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 $44,152 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 $39,006 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.