Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,263
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$9,937
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,235
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
$55,200
Kept after tax
$45,263
Worth in national money
$51,235
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Louisiana pays this job a middle wage of $55,200, 46 of 51 states and about 21.13% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 227 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $55,200 you keep $45,263, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $51,235 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $65,990, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Louisiana's $55,200 median for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel places it 46 of 51 states, about 21.13% 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.
- Position 227 of 484 in Louisiana places sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel on $55,200 is $45,263. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $51,235 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 $65,990 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,540 |
| This salary | $55,200 |
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 | $45,263 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,533 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,349 |
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 | $53,620 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,050 |
| 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 sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in Louisiana earn under $55,200 and half over. The published range runs $33,530 at the tenth percentile to $108,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $45,263 take-home in Louisiana comes from $55,200. 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 227 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,235, the adjusted value of that $55,200 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 227 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,530 to $108,540; 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.
- Retained pay of $45,263, from $55,200, 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 227 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $51,235 — the adjusted value of that $55,200 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 227 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 $65,990, 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 $33,530 and the top tenth $108,540 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Louisiana sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $51,235 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Louisiana then takes its own share, leaving $45,263.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $65,990. 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 ($33,530) and the ninetieth ($108,540) 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 $51,235 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 $45,263 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.