Take-home pay in Louisiana by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Louisiana keeps $80,110 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $75,232 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$80,110 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Louisiana, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,518 more than as a C corporation.

Louisiana, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$24,768	$75,232	75%
Single-member LLC	$24,791	$75,209	75%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$19,890	$80,110	80%
S corporation	$19,890	$80,110	80%
C corporation	$28,408	$71,592	72%

What Louisiana takes from a business owner

Louisiana taxes personal income at a flat 3% (2026).dam.ldr.la.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual Report, $35 a yearstatic.sos.la.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Louisiana can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 3%, and the owner gets that income left out of the personal return. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totallegis.la.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Louisiana unemployment tax at 1% on the first $7,000 of salary in the first yearnews.bloombergtax.com, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$39,259	$39,233	$39,588	$39,588	$37,692
$100,000	$75,232	$75,209	$80,110	$80,110	$71,592
$150,000	$108,596	$108,572	$116,276	$116,276	$101,491
$250,000	$176,969	$176,948	$187,043	$187,043	$162,896
$500,000	$315,517	$315,497	$345,058	$345,058	$309,508

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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