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Financial Analyst Salary in Louisiana (2026)

The average Financial Analyst in Louisiana earns around $110,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $83,751/year ($6,979/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$83,751
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$6,979
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$3,221
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$40/hr
Federal Tax
$15,370
State Tax
$2,464
FICA Taxes
$8,415
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

23.86%
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Financial Analyst Salary Ranges in Louisiana

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$72,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$110,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$175,000

/year

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Not all Financial Analysts earn the same — not even close

Louisiana's financial analyst market is anchored by Entergy HQ New Orleans (Fortune 500 regulated utility finance + rate-case analysis + IRP modeling), Hancock Whitney Bank (multi-state regional bank with substantial LA + MS + AL + TX + FL operations), Albemarle Corporation HQ Baton Rouge (Fortune 500 specialty chemicals + lithium corporate finance), Lamar Advertising HQ Baton Rouge (Fortune 1000 OOH media finance), Postlethwaite & Netterville Baton Rouge (largest LA-HQ'd accounting + advisory firm), plus LNG project finance at Cheniere + Cameron LNG + Venture Global (multi-billion-dollar export terminal capex programs) + Tulane Freeman School of Business + LSU E.J. Ourso College of Business finance pipelines + LA state government + LA municipal bond + LA Citizens insurance finance.

Senior Corporate Finance Analyst (Entergy / Albemarle / Lamar)

$118,000–$185,000

Senior IC at LA Fortune 500 + 1000 · regulated utility + chemicals + ad-media corporate finance

Senior FP&A / Strategy (Energy)

$115,000–$180,000

Entergy · Cleco · Cheniere · Cameron LNG · regulated rate-case + IRP + LNG project finance

Senior LNG Project Finance Analyst

$135,000–$210,000

Cheniere Sabine Pass · Cameron LNG · Venture Global Calcasieu/Plaquemines · multi-billion capex programs

Senior Banking Analyst (Hancock Whitney / First Horizon)

$108,000–$165,000

Hancock Whitney NOLA · First Horizon (post-IberiaBank) · regional bank credit + corp banking

Senior Equity Research / Buy-Side

$125,000–$210,000+ TC

Buy-side at Tulane MBA + LSU MBA pipeline · sell-side covering energy + petrochem from NOLA

Senior Public Finance / Muni

$108,000–$165,000

LA state + parish + municipal bond finance · Hancock Whitney + Raymond James + Morgan Keegan

Senior Government Finance Analyst

$78,000–$118,000

LA Division of Administration · Legislative Fiscal Office · Treasury · parish government

Mid-Level Financial Analyst (3-6 yrs)

$78,000–$118,000

Functional IC at LA Fortune 500 + banking · transitioning to senior band

Junior Financial Analyst (0-3 yrs)

$58,000–$82,000

LSU Ourso + Tulane Freeman + ULL Moody + Loyola Sellinger pipeline · entry band

Senior Financial Analyst (Remote, LA-based)

$118,000–$185,000

F500 LA remote · NOLA + BTR + Lafayette cost of living advantage

Worth knowing: LA's LNG export terminal cluster is one of the country's most concentrated US energy infrastructure project finance markets and a feature most national FA surveys understate for LA. The country's #1 US LNG export state by export volume (~50%+ of US LNG exports) operates substantial multi-billion-dollar capex project finance work at Cheniere Energy Sabine Pass LNG Cameron Parish (the country's first US LNG export terminal, ~$20B+ cumulative capex, ~25 Mtpa capacity), Cameron LNG Hackberry (Sempra-led joint venture, ~$10B+ capex, ~12 Mtpa), Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG (~$8B capex, ~10 Mtpa, first cargo 2022) + Venture Global Plaquemines LNG (~$13B capex, ~20 Mtpa, under construction). Senior LNG project finance analysts in NOLA + Lake Charles clear $135-210K. Entergy HQ New Orleans (Fortune 500, ~$13B revenue) operates substantial regulated utility corporate finance + rate-case analysis + Integrated Resource Plan modeling + multi-billion capex programs across LA + MS + AR + TX. Hancock Whitney Bank (post-2018 Hancock Holding + Whitney Bank merger, ~$36B assets, NYSE-listed, the country's largest US bank HQ'd between New Orleans + Houston) provides substantial regional corporate banking + credit analysis + LA + Gulf Coast commercial finance. Albemarle Corporation HQ Baton Rouge (Fortune 500, ~$5B revenue, the country's largest US lithium producer with substantial LA Magnolia + Silver Peak + Greenbushes JV operations) operates substantial Fortune 500 corporate finance + treasury + commodity hedging. LA's flat 3% (post-2024 Act 11) + LA RTW since 1976 + no state estate tax (repealed 2008) + LA Citizens Property Insurance hurricane premium offset.

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