Louisiana Paycheck Calculator
Estimate your Louisiana take-home pay after federal, state, and FICA taxes.
Louisiana keeps its income tax simple, which makes a paycheck here easier to predict. Louisiana's statutory individual income tax is a flat 3.0%, but the official 2026 withholding formula uses a 3.09% rate to reduce under-withholding.
Enter your hourly or salary pay below and the calculator gives you your Louisiana take-home pay, with federal tax, FICA, and the state's flat income tax already taken out at 2026 rates.
How Louisiana paycheck tax works
Louisiana's statutory individual income tax is a flat 3.0%, but the official 2026 withholding formula uses a 3.09% rate to reduce under-withholding. Withholding folds the personal exemption and standard deduction into a single combined amount ($12,875 single / $25,750 joint). There is no local wage income tax in Louisiana.
The calculator annualizes your pay and applies Louisiana's 2026 flat-rate withholding on top of federal income tax and FICA. Treat the result as a close estimate; your employer may withhold from per-period tables that differ slightly.
Frequently asked questions
What is Louisiana's income tax rate?
Louisiana's flat individual income tax is 3.0%, though paycheck withholding uses a 3.09% rate to avoid under-withholding.
Why is Louisiana withholding 3.09% when the rate is 3%?
The statutory rate is a flat 3.0%, but the official withholding formula applies 3.09% so employees are less likely to owe at tax time.
What deduction does Louisiana use for withholding?
A single combined personal-exemption/standard-deduction amount of $12,875 for single filers and $25,750 for joint filers.
Does Louisiana have local income taxes?
No Louisiana parish or city levies a wage income tax.
Source: Louisiana Dept. of Revenue, R-1306 Withholding Tables and Formulas (2026).