Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Lafayette, LA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Project Management Specialists	$80,720	660	View salary detail
Solar Energy Systems Engineers	$80,650	520	View salary detail
Mechatronics Engineers	$80,650	520	View salary detail
Nanosystems Engineers	$80,650	520	View salary detail
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar	$80,650	520	View salary detail
Microsystems Engineers	$80,650	520	View salary detail
Robotics Engineers	$80,650	520	View salary detail
Wind Energy Engineers	$80,650	520	View salary detail
Photonics Engineers	$80,650	520	View salary detail
Engineers, All Other	$80,650	520	View salary detail
Financial and Investment Analysts	$80,540	80	View salary detail
Commercial Pilots	$79,430	210	View salary detail
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$79,240	40	View salary detail
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$78,580	240	View salary detail
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$78,370	40	View salary detail
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	$77,510	100	View salary detail
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$76,590	70	View salary detail
Chiropractors	$76,580	50	View salary detail
Respiratory Therapists	$76,210	290	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$76,010	350	View salary detail
Bridge and Lock Tenders	$75,340	30	View salary detail
Cost Estimators	$75,110	210	View salary detail
Social and Community Service Managers	$75,010	120	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$73,920	70	View salary detail
Geneticists	$73,920	70	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$73,920	70	View salary detail
Biologists	$73,920	70	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$73,920	70	View salary detail
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	$73,830	120	View salary detail
Midwives	$73,830	120	View salary detail
Computer Programmers	$73,470	—	View salary detail
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$73,160	110	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$73,110	110	View salary detail
Insurance Underwriters	$72,980	70	View salary detail
Logistics Analysts	$72,670	150	View salary detail
Logistics Engineers	$72,670	150	View salary detail
Logisticians	$72,670	150	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$72,320	60	View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers	$71,980	1,230	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$71,980	1,230	View salary detail
Boilermakers	$70,720	110	View salary detail
Technical Writers	$70,140	30	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$70,070	80	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$70,070	80	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$70,070	80	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$70,070	80	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$69,720	820	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathologists	$69,610	200	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$68,620	830	View salary detail
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators	$68,080	240	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.