Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 231. Average compensation

A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the provisions of this Section shall be applicable, unless specifically exempted in Subsection C of this Section, to all members of the following public retirement systems:

B. For purposes of retirement benefit computation, average compensation, or its equivalent, shall be based on the thirty-six highest successive months of employment, or on the highest thirty-six successive joined months of employment where interruption of service occurred. The earnings to be considered for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth month shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the earnings of the first through the twelfth month. The earnings to be considered for the final twelve months shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the earnings of the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth month. Nothing in this Subsection, however, shall change the method of determining the amount of earned compensation received.