Residential Advisors in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,711
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$5,089
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,498
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
$33,800
Kept after tax
$28,711
Worth in national money
$32,498
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for residential advisors is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $33,800. That is 47 of 51 states, and about 19.98% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 484 occupations Louisiana publishes, residential advisors lands at 414. 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 $33,800 you keep $28,711 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,498 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- For residential advisors, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $33,800, ranking 47 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 19.98%. 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 414 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 $28,711 after the full tax stack, from $33,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,498 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,520 |
| This salary | $33,800 |
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 | $28,711 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,338 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,307 |
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 | $33,019 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,790 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $33,800 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $21,450 and the ninetieth is $58,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $28,711, worked from $33,800. 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 414 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,498, the adjusted value of that $33,800 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 414 of 484 in the state.
- The Louisiana median of $33,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $21,450 to $58,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Louisiana take-home of $28,711, on $33,800 for work ranking 414 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 414 of 484 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $32,498 — the adjusted value of that $33,800 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 414 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 $39,650, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $21,450 and the top tenth $58,520 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $32,498 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, $28,711 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $39,650. 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 ($21,450) and the ninetieth ($58,520) 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 $32,498 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 $28,711 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.