Louisiana Paycheck Calculator

Four tax lines come out of a Louisiana paycheck: federal income tax, Social Security (6.2% up to $184,500), Medicare (1.45%), and Louisiana state withholding. No parish or city in Louisiana taxes wages, and the state takes no disability, paid-leave, or unemployment deduction from employees. Anything else on your stub is your own election: 401(k), health premiums, HSA, and similar benefits.

The R-1306 formula annualizes your pay, subtracts the deduction for Block A of your Form L-4 ($12,875 for single or married filing separately; $25,750 for married filing jointly, surviving spouse, or head of household; $0 if Block A is 0), and multiplies the rest by 3.09%. The result divides back into your pay periods. This calculator applies the deduction for the filing status you choose, so an employee whose L-4 shows 0 in Block A will see a little more withheld on their stub than here.

The statutory income tax rate is 3%. The Department of Revenue built the withholding tables at 3.09% on purpose, a 0.09-point cushion that reduces the chance of a balance due when you file; anything withheld above your actual tax comes back as a refund. Act 11 of 2024 removed personal and dependent exemptions from the formula, so dependents no longer change Louisiana withholding and the calculator shows no exemption field for Louisiana.

For 2026 the deductions were indexed to inflation for the first time, rising from $12,500 to $12,875 and from $25,000 to $25,750, so Louisiana withholding on the same pay is slightly lower than in 2025. The 3% rate and 3.09% withholding rate are unchanged. This site's bonus calculator applies 3.09% to Louisiana bonuses alongside the 22% federal flat rate. Louisiana has no reciprocity agreements with other states. Daily pay periods are outside this calculator.