Pediatricians, General in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$327,485
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$175,235
34.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$370,689
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
$502,720
Kept after tax
$327,485
Worth in national money
$370,689
State rank
1
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana is one of the better-paying states for pediatricians, general. The middle earner takes $502,720, which ranks 1 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 139.34% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Louisiana reports, pediatricians, general comes in at 1 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $502,720 the take-home is $327,485; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $370,689 would nationally. The average lands at $378,020, below the middle of the range.
- Louisiana ranks 1 of 49 states publishing a median for pediatricians, general, at $502,720 — about 139.34% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Pediatricians, general ranks 1 of 484 occupations by median in Louisiana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for pediatricians, general in Louisiana, on $502,720, is $327,485 — equivalent to $370,689 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 $378,020 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $161,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $502,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $555,290 |
| This salary | $502,720 |
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 | $327,485 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $342,181 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$18,561 |
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 | $479,264 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$28,789 |
| 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 pediatricians, general in Louisiana earn under $502,720 and half over. The published range runs $161,820 at the tenth percentile to $555,290 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $327,485 take-home in Louisiana comes from $502,720. 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 1 of 484.
- Two cautions on $370,689, the adjusted value of that $502,720 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 1 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for pediatricians, general in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $161,820 to $555,290; 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.
- Retained pay of $327,485, from $502,720, 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 1 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 49 for it.
- This $370,689 adjusted figure, worked from $502,720, 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 1 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 1 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $378,020 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $161,820 at the bottom tenth to $555,290 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $370,689 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, $327,485 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Louisiana is $378,020. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($161,820) and the ninetieth ($555,290) 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 $370,689 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 $327,485 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.