Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,817
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$31,383
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$105,062
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
$124,200
Kept after tax
$92,817
Worth in national money
$105,062
State rank
12
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Louisiana pays this job a middle wage of $124,200, ranking 12 of 49 states and sitting about 18.38% above the national middle.
- Within Louisiana this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 19 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $124,200 you keep $92,817, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $105,062 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $124,500, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Louisiana's median for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products is $124,200, about 18.38% above the national figure and 12 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Louisiana publishes a median for, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products sits 19 of 484 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products on $124,200 is $92,817. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $105,062 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 $124,500 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $183,850 |
| This salary | $124,200 |
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 | $92,817 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,157 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,110 |
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 | $119,384 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,686 |
| 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 $124,200. The published range is $52,760 up to $183,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Louisiana's $92,817, worked from $124,200. 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 19 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $105,062 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 19.
- Reported values are medians; for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $52,760 to $183,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Louisiana take-home of $92,817, on $124,200 for work ranking 19 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 19 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $105,062, worked from $124,200, 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 19 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $52,760 and the top tenth $183,850 — 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 $105,062 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 $92,817.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,760) and the ninetieth ($183,850) 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 $105,062 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 $92,817 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.