Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,238
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$16,972
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,580
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
$80,210
Kept after tax
$63,238
Worth in national money
$71,580
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $80,210, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 25.54% above the national middle.
- Within Louisiana this is well-paid work. Of 484 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 87 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,210 the take-home is $63,238; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $71,580 would nationally. The average lands at $74,620, below the middle of the range.
- Louisiana ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers, at $80,210 — about 25.54% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Louisiana publishes a median for, telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers sits 87 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.
- Post-tax income for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers in Louisiana, on $80,210, is $63,238 — equivalent to $71,580 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 $74,620 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,800 |
| This salary | $80,210 |
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 | $63,238 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,258 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,426 |
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 | $77,339 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,113 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,210 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,930 and the ninetieth is $94,800 — 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 $63,238, worked from $80,210. 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 87 of 484.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $71,580 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 87.
- The Louisiana median of $80,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,930 to $94,800. 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 $63,238, on $80,210 for work ranking 87 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 87 of 484 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $71,580, worked from $80,210, 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 87 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 $74,620, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,930 at the tenth percentile, $94,800 at the ninetieth.
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 $71,580 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 $63,238.
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 $74,620. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,930 to $94,800) 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 $71,580 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 $63,238 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.