Hourly pay after taxes in Louisiana
$20 an hour in Louisiana comes to $1,335.31 every two weeks after taxes, for a single person working full time.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 29, 2026 against IRS and Louisiana Department of Revenue sourcesHow we check
Take-home pay by hourly wage, 2026
| Wage | Two weeks | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $7.25 | $533.01 | $1,155 | $13,858 |
| $18.00 | $1,211.70 | $2,625 | $31,504 |
| $20.00 | $1,335.31 | $2,893 | $34,718 |
| $22.00 | $1,458.93 | $3,161 | $37,932 |
| $25.00 | $1,644.35 | $3,563 | $42,753 |
| $30.00 | $1,953.39 | $4,232 | $50,788 |
| $35.00 | $2,238.20 | $4,849 | $58,193 |
| $40.00 | $2,507.24 | $5,432 | $65,188 |
| $50.00 | $3,045.32 | $6,598 | $79,178 |
Every column after the wage is take-home pay. Each row assumes 40 hours a week all year, one paycheck every two weeks, single, no dependents, and no benefits taken out. The monthly and yearly columns are that paycheck times 26. Use the paycheck calculator for your own hours and deductions.
What comes out of an hourly paycheck
At $25 an hour, a two-week paycheck in Louisiana starts at $2,000.00 and ends at $1,644.35.
| Federal income tax | $156.15 |
| Social Security | $124.00 |
| Medicare | $29.00 |
| Louisiana income tax | $46.50 |
Louisiana taxes income at a flat 3 percent, but employers withhold 3.09 percent of wages above a standard deduction of $12,875 a year for a single worker ($25,750 married or head of household). Louisiana adds no disability or leave premium, and no parish or city takes a share of wages. Federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare are the only other lines.
That makes the state line one of the lighter ones, because the large standard deduction removes much of a low wage from the tax.
What changes your number
The Louisiana standard deduction is the story. Because $12,875 of a single worker's pay is excused, the state line starts small and grows steadily once the wage clears it. After that point every extra dollar is withheld at 3.09 percent.
Form L-4 decides how much is excused. An employer with no L-4 on file withholds with no standard deduction, so a worker who has not turned one in sees a larger state line than the table shows.
Hours matter too. At $20 an hour and 30 hours a week instead of 40, a two-week paycheck in Louisiana comes to $1,026.27.
The minimum wage in Louisiana
The minimum wage in Louisiana is $7.25 an hour, and a full-time worker at $7.25 takes home about $1,155 a month. Louisiana has no state minimum wage law, so the federal rate covers workers whose employers fall under federal law, and a state statute bars parishes and cities from setting a local one.
Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Source: Louisiana Department of Revenue, R-1306 (1/26), "Louisiana Withholding Tables and Formulas, Effective on or after January 1, 2026", PDF page 2 (printed page 1): "2026 Standard Deduction: 1. Single Individual and Married-Separate ... $12,875 2. Married-Joint Return, Qualified Surviving Spouse, or Head of Household ... $25,750" and "Formulas - Based on a 3.09% Withholding Rate" (dam.ldr.la.gov/taxforms/1306-1-26.pdf, saved as data/sources/louisiana/1306-1-26.pdf, read Oct 29, 2026). Revenue Information Bulletin 26-005 (January 12, 2026, saved as data/sources/louisiana/RIB-26-005-Updated-Withholding-Tables.pdf) explains the indexed standard deduction.
Disability: Louisiana runs no state disability or paid-family-leave program paid by an employee payroll deduction: R-1306 (1/26) (saved as data/sources/louisiana/1306-1-26.pdf, read Oct 29, 2026) covers state income tax as the only state withholding on wages; no Louisiana law or agency page describing such a program was found.
Local taxes: The Louisiana Department of Revenue's R-1306 (1/26) withholding tables and formulas and Form L-4 (R-1300, 1/26), saved in data/sources/louisiana/ and read Oct 29, 2026, describe state income tax withholding only, with no parish or city wage tax and no local line on the L-4. No official Louisiana page saying "no local income tax" in those words was found (see openQuestions).
Minimum wage: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, "State Minimum Wage Laws" (dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state, "Updated July 1, 2026", saved as data/sources/louisiana/dol-whd-state-minimum-wage.html, read Oct 29, 2026): "Louisiana: No state minimum wage law. Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the current Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour." Louisiana R.S. 23:642 (legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=83958, saved as data/sources/louisiana/la-rs-23-642.html, read Oct 29, 2026) bars parishes and cities from setting a local minimum wage. No scheduled change.
Federal withholding: IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A and its "2026 Percentage Method Tables for Automated Payroll Systems and Withholding on Periodic Payments of Pensions and Annuities," pages 10 to 12. Fetched directly from irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf and transcribed Oct 28, 2026.
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