Medical Assistants in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,660
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$5,660
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,705
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
$36,320
Kept after tax
$30,660
Worth in national money
$34,705
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for medical assistants is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $36,320. That is 49 of 51 states, and about 20.51% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 484 occupations Louisiana publishes, medical assistants lands at 392. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,320 the take-home is $30,660; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $34,705 would nationally. The average lands at $36,180, below the middle of the range.
- For medical assistants, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $36,320, ranking 49 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 20.51%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Louisiana, this work ranks 392 of 484 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for medical assistants in Louisiana, on $36,320, is $30,660 — equivalent to $34,705 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 $36,180 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Medical Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,460 |
| This salary | $36,320 |
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 | $30,660 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,363 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,430 |
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 | $35,445 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,938 |
| 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 $36,320. The published range is $28,970 up to $44,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $30,660, worked from $36,320. 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 392 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,705, the adjusted value of that $36,320 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 392 of 484 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for medical assistants in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,970 to $44,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Louisiana take-home of $30,660, on $36,320 for work ranking 392 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 392 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $34,705 — the adjusted value of that $36,320 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 392 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,970 and the top tenth $44,460, so most people doing this work in Louisiana sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Louisiana sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $34,705 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Louisiana's own levy, $30,660 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,970 to $44,460) 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 $34,705 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 $30,660 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.