Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,717
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$11,533
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,407
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
$62,250
Kept after tax
$50,717
Worth in national money
$57,407
State rank
8
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 $62,250, which ranks 8 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 15.81% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 166 among 484 occupations Louisiana publishes pay for.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,250 the take-home is $50,717; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,407 would nationally. The average comes to $63,750, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Louisiana ranks 8 of 51 states publishing a median for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers, at $62,250 — about 15.81% 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.
- Position 166 of 484 in Louisiana places welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in Louisiana, on $62,250, is $50,717 — equivalent to $57,407 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 $63,750 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,750 |
| This salary | $62,250 |
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 | $50,717 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,198 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,692 |
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 | $60,406 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,496 |
| 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 $62,250. The published range is $42,810 up to $81,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,717 take-home in Louisiana comes from $62,250. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 166 of 484.
- Two cautions on $57,407, the adjusted value of that $62,250 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Louisiana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 166 of 484 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in Louisiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,810 to $81,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,717, from $62,250, assumes a single Louisiana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 166 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- This $57,407 adjusted figure, worked from $62,250, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 166 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 166 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,810 and the top tenth $81,750, so most people doing this work in Louisiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $57,407 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $50,717 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,810 to $81,750) 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 $57,407 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 $50,717 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.