Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Baton Rouge, LA

602 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Baton Rouge, LA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Carpenters	$55,630	3,490	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$55,150	90	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$55,050	1,300	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$55,050	1,300	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$54,840	5,830	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$54,760	1,210	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$54,580	540	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$54,460	180	View salary detail
Media and Communication Workers, All Other	$54,400	140	View salary detail
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers	$53,960	50	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$53,900	1,120	View salary detail
Paramedics	$53,820	430	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$53,360	580	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$53,360	580	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$53,360	580	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$53,240	290	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	$53,180	30	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$52,900	370	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$52,810	70	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$52,750	250	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$52,190	200	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$51,810	700	View salary detail
Designers, All Other	$51,480	90	View salary detail
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$51,420	40	View salary detail
Gem and Diamond Workers	$51,420	40	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$51,320	—	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$51,230	100	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$51,230	100	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	$51,230	90	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$51,200	40	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$51,020	420	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$50,950	50	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$50,920	480	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$50,890	40	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$50,660	40	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$50,620	230	View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$50,550	40	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,420	30	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$49,870	130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$49,860	—	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$49,790	30	View salary detail
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	$49,700	100	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$49,700	50	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$49,680	250	View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	$49,460	50	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,460	100	View salary detail
Roofers	$49,300	220	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$49,130	1,110	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$49,120	60	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$49,100	110	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.