Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,069
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$11,051
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,543
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
$60,120
Kept after tax
$49,069
Worth in national money
$55,543
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $60,120, ranking 23 of 51 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 189 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,120 you keep $49,069, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $55,543 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $64,620, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Louisiana occupies the middle band for production, planning, and expediting clerks: a median of $60,120, ranking 23 of 51. 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 189 of 484 in Louisiana places production, planning, and expediting clerks 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.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for production, planning, and expediting clerks on $60,120 is $49,069. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $55,543 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 $64,620 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,180 |
| This salary | $60,120 |
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 | $49,069 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,486 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,588 |
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 | $58,356 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,340 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,120 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,680 and the ninetieth is $98,180 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,069 take-home in Louisiana comes from $60,120. 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 189 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,543, the adjusted value of that $60,120 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 189 of 484 in the state.
- The Louisiana median of $60,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,680 to $98,180. 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 $49,069, from $60,120, 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 189 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $55,543 — the adjusted value of that $60,120 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 189 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 $64,620 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,680 and the top tenth $98,180 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $55,543 in national terms.
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, $49,069 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $64,620. 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 ($38,680) and the ninetieth ($98,180) 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 $55,543 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 $49,069 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.