Producers and Directors in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,235
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$11,685
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,994
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
$62,920
Kept after tax
$51,235
Worth in national money
$57,994
State rank
32
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Louisiana pays producers and directors around $62,920 at the midpoint, 32 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 484 occupations Louisiana reports figures for, this is number 158.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,920 you keep $51,235, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $57,994 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $87,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For producers and directors the Louisiana median is $62,920, ranking 32 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.
- In Louisiana's occupational distribution, producers and directors sits at 158 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 producers and directors on $62,920 is $51,235. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $57,994 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 $87,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Producers and Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $150,220 |
| This salary | $62,920 |
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 | $51,235 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,736 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,725 |
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 | $61,051 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,636 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,920 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,750 and the ninetieth is $150,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $51,235 take-home in Louisiana comes from $62,920. 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 158 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,994 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 158.
- The Louisiana median of $62,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,750 to $150,220. 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 $51,235, from $62,920, 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 158 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,994, worked from $62,920, 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 158 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 $87,230 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $35,750, the highest tenth $150,220, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $57,994.
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 $51,235 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $87,230. 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 ($35,750) and the ninetieth ($150,220) 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 $57,994 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 $51,235 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.