Radiation Therapists in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,003
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$21,707
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,634
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
$94,710
Kept after tax
$73,003
Worth in national money
$82,634
State rank
37
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Louisiana pays radiation therapists a middle wage of $94,710, 37 of 46 states and about 10.07% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Louisiana reports, radiation therapists comes in at 57 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $94,710 you keep $73,003, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,634 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $95,730, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Louisiana's $94,710 median for radiation therapists places it 37 of 46 states, about 10.07% 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.
- Radiation therapists ranks 57 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.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for radiation therapists on $94,710 is $73,003. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,634 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 $95,730 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,430 |
| This salary | $94,710 |
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 | $73,003 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,458 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,982 |
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 | $91,220 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,882 |
| 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 $94,710. The published range is $76,350 up to $107,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $73,003 take-home in Louisiana comes from $94,710. 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 57 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,634 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 57.
- Reported values are medians; for radiation therapists in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $76,350 to $107,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $73,003, from $94,710, 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 57 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,634, worked from $94,710, 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 57 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $76,350 and the top tenth $107,430, so most people doing this work in Louisiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $82,634 in national terms.
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 $73,003 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,350 to $107,430) 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 $82,634 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 $73,003 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.