Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,624
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$9,456
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,379
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
$53,080
Kept after tax
$43,624
Worth in national money
$49,379
State rank
24
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $53,080, ranking 24 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Louisiana reports figures for, this is number 237.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $53,080 you keep $43,624 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $49,379 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $51,850.
- Louisiana occupies the middle band for motorboat mechanics and service technicians: a median of $53,080, ranking 24 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Louisiana's occupational distribution, motorboat mechanics and service technicians sits at 237 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 $43,624 after the full tax stack, from $53,080. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,379 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $51,850 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,880 |
| This salary | $53,080 |
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 | $43,624 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,830 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,246 |
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 | $51,579 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,925 |
| 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 motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Louisiana earn under $53,080 and half over. The published range runs $31,330 at the tenth percentile to $71,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $43,624, worked from $53,080. 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 237 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,379 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 237.
- Figures are distribution medians for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,330 to $71,880; 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.
- The Louisiana take-home of $43,624, on $53,080 for work ranking 237 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 237 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,379, worked from $53,080, 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 237 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $31,330, the highest tenth $71,880, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $49,379 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, $43,624 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($31,330) and the ninetieth ($71,880) 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 $49,379 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 $43,624 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.