Production Workers, All Other in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,536
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$7,674
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,488
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
$45,210
Kept after tax
$37,536
Worth in national money
$42,488
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Louisiana pays production workers, all other a middle wage of $45,210, ranking 13 of 51 states and sitting about 12.72% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Production workers, all other ranks 319 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,210 the take-home is $37,536; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,488 would nationally. The average comes to $45,710, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Louisiana's median for production workers, all other is $45,210, about 12.72% above the national figure and 13 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 319 of 484 in Louisiana places production workers, all other 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.
- Post-tax income for production workers, all other in Louisiana, on $45,210, is $37,536 — equivalent to $42,488 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 $45,710 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Production Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,070 |
| This salary | $45,210 |
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 | $37,536 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,506 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,863 |
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 | $44,003 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,462 |
| 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 production workers, all other in Louisiana earn under $45,210 and half over. The published range runs $30,520 at the tenth percentile to $63,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $37,536, worked from $45,210. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 319 of 484.
- Two cautions on $42,488, the adjusted value of that $45,210 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 319 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for production workers, all other in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,520 to $63,070; 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.
- The Louisiana take-home of $37,536, on $45,210 for work ranking 319 of 484 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 319 of 484 in the state.
- This $42,488 adjusted figure, worked from $45,210, 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 319 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 319 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,520 and the top tenth $63,070, so most people doing this work in Louisiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,488 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $37,536 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 ($30,520 to $63,070) 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 $42,488 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 $37,536 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.