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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Houma, LA

The median coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA earns $38,120 a year, 21% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,639 a month.

10th percentile
$29,070
25th percentile
$36,160
Median percentile
$38,120
75th percentile
$55,560
90th percentile
$62,220

Based on 40 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$31,666 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,120
Federal income tax−$2,394
Social Security + Medicare−$2,916
Louisiana income tax (approx.)−$1,144
Monthly take-home$2,639
Every two weeks$1,218

Does it go far here?

$44,793Median pay in Houma, LA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 85.1 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,014 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houma, LA

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$107,200
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$103,780
Managers, All Other$102,130
Registered Nurses$75,740
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$68,620
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$67,400
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$65,030
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$62,260

All coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Louisiana