Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,243
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$22,307
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,037
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
$96,550
Kept after tax
$74,243
Worth in national money
$84,037
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Louisiana pays this job around $96,550 at the midpoint, 23 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Louisiana this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 52 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $96,550 the take-home is $74,243; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $84,037 would nationally. The average comes to $97,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For postmasters and mail superintendents the Louisiana median is $96,550, ranking 23 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Louisiana publishes a median for, postmasters and mail superintendents sits 52 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for postmasters and mail superintendents in Louisiana, on $96,550, is $74,243 — equivalent to $84,037 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 $97,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $87,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $110,990 |
| This salary | $96,550 |
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 | $74,243 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,753 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,053 |
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 | $92,982 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,980 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $96,550 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $87,190 and the ninetieth is $110,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,243 take-home in Louisiana comes from $96,550. 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 52 of 484.
- Two cautions on $84,037, the adjusted value of that $96,550 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 52 of 484 locally.
- The Louisiana median of $96,550 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $87,190 to $110,990. 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 $74,243, from $96,550, 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 52 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 50 for it.
- This $84,037 adjusted figure, worked from $96,550, 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 52 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 52 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $87,190 and the top tenth $110,990, so most people doing this work in Louisiana sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $84,037.
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, $74,243 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 50 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 ($87,190 to $110,990) 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 $84,037 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 $74,243 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.