Travel Agents in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,389
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$5,581
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,398
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
$35,970
Kept after tax
$30,389
Worth in national money
$34,398
State rank
48
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for travel agents is on the low side in Louisiana. The middle earner gets $35,970. That is 48 of 49 states, and about 28.29% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 484 occupations Louisiana publishes, travel agents lands at 397. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $35,970 you keep $30,389, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $34,398 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,560, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For travel agents, Louisiana sits in the lower band at $35,970, ranking 48 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 28.29%. 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 397 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.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for travel agents on $35,970 is $30,389. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $34,398 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 $45,560 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,200 |
| This salary | $35,970 |
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 | $30,389 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,082 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,413 |
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 | $35,108 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,918 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,970 as a midpoint for Louisiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,850 and the ninetieth is $82,200 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $30,389, from $35,970, 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 397 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 $34,398, the adjusted value of that $35,970 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 397 of 484 in the state.
- The Louisiana median of $35,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,850 to $82,200. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,389 from $35,970. 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 397 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Louisiana, so $34,398 — the adjusted value of that $35,970 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 397 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $45,560 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $30,850, the highest tenth $82,200, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $34,398 in national terms.
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 $30,389.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $45,560. 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 ($30,850) and the ninetieth ($82,200) 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 $34,398 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 $30,389 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.