Bakers Salary in Monroe, LA

Bakers pay range in Monroe

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $21,420 a year or less, while the top 10% make $38,580 or more. The middle half of bakers in Monroe earn between $21,650 and $31,570.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Bakers salary after taxes in Monroe

On the average salary of $28,480, a single filer in Monroe takes home about $24,595 a year, or $2,050 a month and $946 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Monroe a good place for bakers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Monroe area are 16% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 83.6), so the average $28,480 buys what about $34,068 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Monroe ($38,150). A typical home costs $168,606, or 5.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bakers salary in other Louisiana cities

Monroe ranks 7th of 10 Louisiana metro areas for this job; New Orleans pays the most ($31,600).

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Highest-paying cities for bakers

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($52,420).

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Related jobs in Monroe

• Food Processing Workers, All Other$34,550 a year
• Butchers and Meat Cutters$34,040 a year
• Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$28,810 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,680 a year
• Machinists$60,420 a year
• Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$54,450 a year
• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,550 a year
• Printing Press Operators$44,220 a year

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