Louisiana take-home pay calculator
What Louisiana withholds on top of federal tax, and what reaches your account.
These rates may be out of date
Louisiana has not published every 2026 figure yet, so some come from the prior year or from a withholding circular. The result uses them and says so.
How Louisiana taxes wages
Louisiana taxes wage income at one flat rate of 3.00%, whatever you earn.
How Louisiana treats pre-tax deductions
- HSA contributions
- Pre-tax, as federally
- Traditional 401(k) contributions
- Pre-tax, as federally
What else Louisiana withholds
Louisiana withholds no employee-paid programme on top of its income tax.
What this calculator models for Louisiana
Every figure above comes from a published Louisiana document. These are the rules behind those figures that this calculator applies, approximates, or leaves out.
| Rule | In this calculator |
|---|---|
| Louisiana has not published every figure for this tax year yet, so some come from the prior year or from a withholding circular. | Approximated |
| Louisiana builds its withholding tables on a construct that is not the annual tax bill, so your payslip and this page can differ by a small amount that settles when you file. | Approximated |
Sources
Every Louisiana figure on this page is transcribed from the document it links to below, last checked .
Enter your own salary in the take-home pay calculator to see these Louisiana figures applied to it.