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
Fallers	$62,040	200	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$61,870	4,820	View salary detail
Electricians	$61,540	10,550	View salary detail
Brokerage Clerks	$61,500	—	View salary detail
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$61,480	60	View salary detail
Food Service Managers	$61,400	1,950	View salary detail
Human Resources Specialists	$61,300	7,240	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$61,300	1,530	View salary detail
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	$61,170	610	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, All Other	$61,170	610	View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators	$61,170	1,930	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$61,150	610	View salary detail
Pile Driver Operators	$61,150	180	View salary detail
Loan Officers	$61,110	2,810	View salary detail
Machinists	$61,110	4,640	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$61,110	300	View salary detail
Healthcare Social Workers	$61,080	1,970	View salary detail
Architectural and Civil Drafters	$61,010	1,040	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$60,960	2,550	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$60,840	100	View salary detail
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	$60,760	3,130	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$60,650	2,130	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$60,610	350	View salary detail
Public Relations Specialists	$60,470	1,710	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$60,450	1,740	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$60,450	1,740	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$60,450	1,740	View salary detail
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$60,420	270	View salary detail
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$60,350	430	View salary detail
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$60,260	7,410	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$60,250	4,890	View salary detail
Soil and Plant Scientists	$60,200	170	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$60,120	1,970	View salary detail
Curators	$60,080	160	View salary detail
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	$59,990	—	View salary detail
Fish and Game Wardens	$59,940	110	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$59,860	2,990	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$59,860	2,990	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$59,860	2,990	View salary detail
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$59,850	15,210	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$59,750	1,810	View salary detail
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$59,690	5,360	View salary detail
Search Marketing Strategists	$59,690	5,360	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$59,460	1,960	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$59,420	1,130	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$59,370	210	View salary detail
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	$59,120	160	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$59,100	3,160	View salary detail
Archivists	$59,070	50	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$59,020	490	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.