Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,383
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$8,507
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,710
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
$48,890
Kept after tax
$40,383
Worth in national money
$45,710
State rank
12
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $48,890, which ranks 12 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 5.41% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Louisiana, this sits in the middle: 270 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Louisiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,890 you keep $40,383, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,710 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $46,990, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Louisiana ranks 12 of 49 states publishing a median for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, at $48,890 — about 5.41% 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.
- Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ranks 270 of 484 occupations in Louisiana by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Louisiana income tax, retained pay for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping on $48,890 is $40,383. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,710 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 $46,990 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,960 |
| This salary | $48,890 |
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 | $40,383 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,463 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,042 |
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 | $47,545 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,679 |
| 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 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Louisiana earn under $48,890 and half over. The published range runs $33,870 at the tenth percentile to $60,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $40,383, from $48,890, 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 270 of 484 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,710 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 270.
- Figures are distribution medians for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,870 to $60,960; 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 $40,383 from $48,890. 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 270 of 484 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,710, worked from $48,890, 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 270 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 $46,990, 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 — $33,870 at the tenth percentile, $60,960 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,710.
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 $40,383.
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.
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 $46,990. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,870 to $60,960) 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 $45,710 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 $40,383 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.