How Louisiana taxes your paycheck
Louisiana keeps it simple: a flat 3% income tax. Your state taxable income is your gross pay minus the standard deduction, then the flat rate applies to every dollar above that.
The 2026 standard deduction is $12,875 (single), $25,750 (married filing jointly), $25,750 (head of household).
On exemptions: Louisiana merges the personal exemption and standard deduction into one combined amount: $12,875 single/MFS, $25,750 MFJ/HOH/QSS for 2026 (first annual CPI-U inflation adjustment effective Jan 1, 2026 per Act 11 of the 2024 Third Extraordinary Session; 2025...
What’s taken out of a Louisiana paycheck
| Taxable income (single) | Marginal rate |
| Over $0 | 3% |
This is a flat-rate schedule: one rate applies to all taxable income (after the standard deduction).
Example: a $75,000 salary in Louisiana
On a $75,000 salary as a single filer: federal taxable income is $75,000 − $16,100 = $58,900, giving $7,670 of federal tax. State taxable income is $62,125, giving $1,864 of state tax. FICA takes $4,650 (Social Security) + $1,088 (Medicare). Estimated take-home: $59,729 per year ($2,297 per biweekly paycheck).
| Gross salary | $75,000 |
| Federal income tax | −$7,670 |
| State income tax (LA) | −$1,864 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | −$4,650 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | −$1,088 |
| Estimated take-home | $59,729 |
| Effective tax rate | 20.4% |
Single filer, standard deduction, no pre-tax contributions. The interactive calculator above recomputes this for any salary and filing status.
A note on local taxes in Louisiana
Louisiana does not authorize a local income tax on wages.
Louisiana take-home pay: frequently asked questions
Does Louisiana have a state income tax in 2026?
Yes. Louisiana has a flat 3% income tax in 2026. There is no separate state rate table beyond the flat rate.
What are Louisiana's 2026 tax brackets and standard deduction?
A flat 3% income tax. The 2026 standard deduction is $12,875 single / $25,750 married filing jointly.
What payroll taxes come out of a Louisiana paycheck?
No employee-paid state payroll taxes are in the 2026 dataset for Louisiana. Federal Social Security and Medicare still apply.
Are there local income taxes in Louisiana?
Louisiana does not authorize a local income tax on wages.
Does Louisiana have a personal exemption?
Louisiana merges the personal exemption and standard deduction into one combined amount: $12,875 single/MFS, $25,750 MFJ/HOH/QSS for 2026 (first annual CPI-U inflation adjustment effective Jan 1, 2026 per Act 11 of the 2024 Third Extraordinary Session; 2025 bases were $12,500/$25,000). $1,000...
Methodology & sources
State figures come from the site's versioned 2026 tax dataset (v1.0.0, researched 2026-10-11),
regenerated into this page automatically. Model: state taxable income = gross pay minus the state's 2026
standard deduction;
state brackets applied marginally; employee-paid state payroll taxes added at their 2026 rates and wage bases
(with published annual caps). Federal tax uses 2026 IRS brackets and standard deductions; FICA uses the 2026
Social Security wage base ($184,500) and Medicare rates. Personal exemption credits/deductions and
individual tax credits are not modeled — the result is an estimate, not a tax return.
State sources
- Louisiana DOR Revenue Information Bulletin 25-012 (Mar 7, 2025): Act 11 reform details - flat 3% rate, $12,500/$25,000 standard deduction bases with annual CPI-U adjustment first effective Jan 1, 2026, $1,000 dependent deduction, repeal of dependent/blind/65+ extra exemptions
- Reports LDR RIB 26-005 (01/12/26) and the 2026 withholding tables: standard deduction $12,875 single/MFS, $25,750 MFJ/QSS/HOH - first CPI-U annual adjustment
Federal sources
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