Psychiatrists in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$233,429
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$111,611
32.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$264,225
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
$345,040
Kept after tax
$233,429
Worth in national money
$264,225
State rank
2
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for psychiatrists is strong here. Louisiana's middle earner gets $345,040, putting the state 2 of 46 — about 22.41% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Louisiana. It ranks 3 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $345,040 the take-home is $233,429; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $264,225 would nationally. The average lands at $321,300, below the middle of the range.
- For psychiatrists, Louisiana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $345,040, ranking 2 of 46 and running about 22.41% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Louisiana, psychiatrists ranks 3 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for psychiatrists in Louisiana, on $345,040, is $233,429 — equivalent to $264,225 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 $321,300 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Psychiatrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $190,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $345,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $443,710 |
| This salary | $345,040 |
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 | $233,429 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $243,394 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$13,755 |
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 | $329,134 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$21,335 |
| 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 psychiatrists in Louisiana earn under $345,040 and half over. The published range runs $190,550 at the tenth percentile to $443,710 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $233,429, from $345,040, 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 3 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 $264,225, the adjusted value of that $345,040 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 3 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for psychiatrists in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $190,550 to $443,710; 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 $233,429 from $345,040. 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 3 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $264,225 — the adjusted value of that $345,040 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 3 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $321,300, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $190,550, the highest tenth $443,710, 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 $264,225.
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 $233,429 of this wage survives to your account.
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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $321,300. 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 ($190,550) and the ninetieth ($443,710) 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 $264,225 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 $233,429 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.