Occupational Therapy Assistants in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,687
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$12,403
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,770
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
$66,090
Kept after tax
$53,687
Worth in national money
$60,770
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $66,090, ranking 29 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 140 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $66,090 you keep $53,687 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $60,770 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $65,660.
- Louisiana occupies the middle band for occupational therapy assistants: a median of $66,090, ranking 29 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 140 of 484 in Louisiana places occupational therapy assistants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $53,687 after the full tax stack, from $66,090. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $60,770 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $65,660 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,200 |
| This salary | $66,090 |
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 | $53,687 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,283 |
| 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 | $64,103 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,300 |
| 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 $66,090. The published range is $31,530 up to $83,200, 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 $53,687, worked from $66,090. 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 140 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $60,770, the adjusted value of that $66,090 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 140 of 484 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapy assistants in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,530 to $83,200. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Louisiana take-home of $53,687, on $66,090 for work ranking 140 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 140 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $60,770 — the adjusted value of that $66,090 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 140 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $31,530 and the top tenth $83,200 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $60,770 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $53,687 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 50 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 ($31,530) and the ninetieth ($83,200) 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 $60,770 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 $53,687 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.