Psychiatric Technicians in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,885
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$4,555
14.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,432
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
$31,440
Kept after tax
$26,885
Worth in national money
$30,432
State rank
49
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for psychiatric technicians is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $31,440. That is 49 of 49 states, and about 30.33% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 484 occupations Louisiana publishes, psychiatric technicians lands at 431. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $31,440 you keep $26,885 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $30,432 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $32,310, since top earners drag the number up.
- For psychiatric technicians, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $31,440, ranking 49 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 30.33%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Louisiana, this work ranks 431 of 484 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $26,885 after the full tax stack, from $31,440. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $30,432 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $32,310 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,830 |
| This salary | $31,440 |
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 | $26,885 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,442 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,192 |
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 | $30,747 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,651 |
| 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 psychiatric technicians in Louisiana earn under $31,440 and half over. The published range runs $28,400 at the tenth percentile to $36,830 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $26,885, from $31,440, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 431 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,432, the adjusted value of that $31,440 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 431 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for psychiatric technicians in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,400 to $36,830; 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.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $26,885 from $31,440. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 431 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $30,432 — the adjusted value of that $31,440 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 431 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,400 and the top tenth $36,830, 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 $30,432.
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, $26,885 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,400 to $36,830) 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 $30,432 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 $26,885 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.