Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,619
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$20,551
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,936
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
$91,170
Kept after tax
$70,619
Worth in national money
$79,936
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Louisiana is 26 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $91,170. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 484 occupations Louisiana reports, this job comes in at 63 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $91,170 the take-home is $70,619; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $79,936 would nationally. The average comes to $98,070, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Louisiana ranks 26 of 49 for social scientists and related workers, all other at $91,170. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Social scientists and related workers, all other ranks 63 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.
- Post-tax income for social scientists and related workers, all other in Louisiana, on $91,170, is $70,619 — equivalent to $79,936 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $98,070 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,770 |
| This salary | $91,170 |
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 | $70,619 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,968 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,846 |
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 | $87,831 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,694 |
| 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 social scientists and related workers, all other in Louisiana earn under $91,170 and half over. The published range runs $64,190 at the tenth percentile to $133,770 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $70,619, from $91,170, 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 63 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Louisiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,936, the adjusted value of that $91,170 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 63 of 484 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for social scientists and related workers, all other in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,190 to $133,770; 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.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $70,619 from $91,170. 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 63 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $79,936 — the adjusted value of that $91,170 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 63 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $98,070, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $64,190, the highest tenth $133,770, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $79,936.
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, $70,619 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $98,070. 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 ($64,190) and the ninetieth ($133,770) 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 $79,936 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 $70,619 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.