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

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Aircraft Service Attendants$42,930660View salary detail
Traffic Technicians$42,710130View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$42,26070View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators$41,950860View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers$41,620370View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$41,350750View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$41,170110View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles$41,040—View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters$40,900860View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,870760View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$40,7004,720View salary detail
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators$40,700—View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$40,1807,650View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers$40,120650View salary detail
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$40,000220View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$39,9602,190View salary detail
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters$39,900130View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Workers$39,900150View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers$39,8507,960View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists$39,7303,460View salary detail
Patient Representatives$39,7303,460View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists$39,7303,460View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$39,7303,460View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers$39,44014,300View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$39,280470View salary detail
Library Technicians$39,1801,410View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors$39,1301,690View salary detail
Bridge and Lock Tenders$39,090370View salary detail
Furniture Finishers$38,92050View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$38,8102,200View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$38,79028,040View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians$38,750890View salary detail
Tax Preparers$38,740650View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$38,6701,330View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,650160View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,65090View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$38,6402,470View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians$38,5703,190View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators$38,5501,470View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians$38,490330View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$38,470390View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$38,44080View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,3701,910View salary detail
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers$38,32050View salary detail
Construction Laborers$38,23022,100View salary detail
Agricultural Workers, All Other$38,160140View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers$38,06090View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists$38,040420View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$38,0203,570View salary detail
Animal Control Workers$38,020120View 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.