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
Physical Therapist Assistants	$60,760	180	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$60,490	760	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$60,450	310	View salary detail
Computer Network Support Specialists	$60,370	110	View salary detail
Drafters, All Other	$60,270	130	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$59,850	200	View salary detail
Machinists	$59,830	980	View salary detail
Electricians	$59,820	730	View salary detail
Athletic Trainers	$59,570	—	View salary detail
Loan Officers	$58,960	340	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$58,920	150	View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators	$58,780	100	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$58,700	50	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$58,240	760	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$58,070	130	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	$57,930	40	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$57,930	680	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$57,930	680	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$57,900	—	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$57,750	1,860	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$57,430	90	View salary detail
Editors	$57,070	30	View salary detail
Public Relations Specialists	$57,060	170	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$56,960	50	View salary detail
Search Marketing Strategists	$56,660	420	View salary detail
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$56,660	420	View salary detail
Human Resources Specialists	$56,070	540	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$55,900	90	View salary detail
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$55,890	190	View salary detail
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$55,290	750	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$55,290	270	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$55,280	160	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$54,570	40	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$54,390	50	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$54,390	50	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$54,390	50	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$54,390	50	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$54,340	200	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$54,340	200	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$54,340	200	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$53,890	90	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$53,770	220	View salary detail
Extraction Workers, All Other	$53,210	390	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$52,570	230	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$52,420	—	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$52,410	30	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$52,130	470	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$52,090	100	View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants	$52,070	30	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$51,970	450	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.