Public Relations Managers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,781
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$21,599
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,383
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
$94,380
Kept after tax
$72,781
Worth in national money
$82,383
State rank
47
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Louisiana pays public relations managers a middle wage of $94,380, 47 of 48 states and about 35.76% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Louisiana reports, public relations managers comes in at 58 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $94,380 you keep $72,781 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $82,383 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $110,400, since top earners drag the number up.
- Louisiana's $94,380 median for public relations managers places it 47 of 48 states, about 35.76% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Public relations managers ranks 58 of 484 occupations by median in Louisiana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Louisiana is $72,781 after the full tax stack, from $94,380. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,383 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $110,400 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $183,030 |
| This salary | $94,380 |
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 | $72,781 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,226 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,970 |
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 | $90,904 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,865 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Louisiana earn less than $94,380. The published range is $66,150 up to $183,030, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $72,781, from $94,380, 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 58 of 484 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,383 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 58.
- Reported values are medians; for public relations managers in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,150 to $183,030. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $72,781 from $94,380. 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 58 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,383, worked from $94,380, 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 58 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 $110,400, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $66,150 at the bottom tenth to $183,030 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $82,383 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, $72,781 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $110,400. 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 ($66,150) and the ninetieth ($183,030) 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 $82,383 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 $72,781 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.