Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,823
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$11,857
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,659
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
$63,680
Kept after tax
$51,823
Worth in national money
$58,659
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Louisiana is 27 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $63,680. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Louisiana reports figures for, this is number 148.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $63,680 you keep $51,823, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $58,659 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $62,620, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Louisiana ranks 27 of 51 for plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters at $63,680. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Louisiana's occupational distribution, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters sits at 148 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.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters on $63,680 is $51,823. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $58,659 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $62,620 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,540 |
| This salary | $63,680 |
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 | $51,823 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,347 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,762 |
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 | $61,783 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,795 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,680 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,120 and the ninetieth is $79,540 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $51,823 take-home in Louisiana comes from $63,680. 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 148 of 484.
- Two cautions on $58,659, the adjusted value of that $63,680 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 148 of 484 locally.
- The Louisiana median of $63,680 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,120 to $79,540. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $51,823, from $63,680, 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 148 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 51 for it.
- This $58,659 adjusted figure, worked from $63,680, 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 148 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 148 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,120 at the tenth percentile, $79,540 at the ninetieth.
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 $58,659 in national terms.
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 $51,823 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,120 to $79,540) 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 $58,659 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 $51,823 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.