Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Louisiana

798 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Louisiana for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$46,700	2,010	View salary detail
Sailors and Marine Oilers	$46,610	7,580	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$46,610	500	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$46,570	2,900	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$46,550	190	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$46,450	210	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$46,410	4,090	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$46,400	8,620	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$46,270	970	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$46,210	2,450	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,210	900	View salary detail
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	$46,100	80	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$46,030	690	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$45,970	2,110	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$45,850	1,940	View salary detail
Motorboat Operators	$45,800	160	View salary detail
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	$45,680	210	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$45,570	1,990	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$45,390	360	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$45,210	7,980	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,900	200	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$44,890	18,980	View salary detail
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	$44,850	3,460	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$44,790	1,050	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$44,750	190	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$44,610	2,600	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$44,570	1,930	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$44,520	520	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$44,480	860	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$44,440	550	View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians	$44,440	120	View salary detail
Barbers	$44,430	40	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$44,410	6,700	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$44,410	2,290	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$44,410	2,370	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$44,410	2,370	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$44,340	—	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$44,310	30	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,200	200	View salary detail
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators	$44,150	—	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$44,090	4,540	View salary detail
Bailiffs	$44,040	90	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$43,960	21,490	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$43,860	16,910	View salary detail
Helpers--Roofers	$43,680	70	View salary detail
Riggers	$43,660	1,840	View salary detail
Transportation Workers, All Other	$43,440	1,040	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$43,370	130	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$43,200	260	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$43,170	5,970	View salary detail

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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.