Millwrights in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,679
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$12,401
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,761
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
$66,080
Kept after tax
$53,679
Worth in national money
$60,761
State rank
22
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana sits in the middle of the pack for millwrights. The median is $66,080, ranking 22 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Louisiana, this sits in the middle: 141 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $66,080 you keep $53,679 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $60,761 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $67,450, since top earners drag the number up.
- Louisiana occupies the middle band for millwrights: a median of $66,080, ranking 22 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Millwrights ranks 141 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.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $53,679 after the full tax stack, from $66,080. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $60,761 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $67,450 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,450 |
| This salary | $66,080 |
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 | $53,679 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,275 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,879 |
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 | $64,094 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,298 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $66,080 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,300 and the ninetieth is $82,450 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $53,679, from $66,080, 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 141 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 $60,761 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 141.
- The Louisiana median of $66,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,300 to $82,450. 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 $53,679 from $66,080. 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 141 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $60,761, worked from $66,080, 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 141 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,300 and the top tenth $82,450, so most people doing this work in Louisiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $60,761 in national terms.
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, $53,679 remains.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,300 to $82,450) 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 $60,761 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 $53,679 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.