Louisiana Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Ship Engineers	$103,430	610	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, All Other	$61,170	610	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$61,150	610	View salary detail
Orderlies	$27,330	600	View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$49,940	600	View salary detail
Skincare Specialists	$36,890	600	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$34,860	590	View salary detail
Geneticists	$69,590	580	View salary detail
Biologists	$69,590	580	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,930	580	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$69,590	580	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$69,590	580	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$69,590	580	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$33,260	570	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,330	570	View salary detail
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	$91,170	560	View salary detail
Funeral Attendants	$30,370	560	View salary detail
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$66,730	560	View salary detail
Transportation Planners	$91,170	560	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$44,440	550	View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts	$63,210	550	View salary detail
Tutors	$33,780	540	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$34,620	530	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$58,440	520	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$44,520	520	View salary detail
Photographers	$36,830	510	View salary detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$77,510	510	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$46,610	500	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$48,900	500	View salary detail
Meter Readers, Utilities	$37,570	500	View salary detail
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	$58,900	500	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$59,020	490	View salary detail
Web Developers	$85,330	490	View salary detail
Education Administrators, All Other	$83,050	480	View salary detail
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	$80,670	480	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$89,520	480	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$89,520	480	View salary detail
Computer Network Architects	$106,620	470	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$57,840	470	View salary detail
Purchasing Managers	$109,630	470	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$39,280	470	View salary detail
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists	$106,620	470	View salary detail
Transportation Security Screeners	$63,130	460	View salary detail
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$83,710	460	View salary detail
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists	$100,390	450	View salary detail
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$100,390	450	View salary detail
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$66,810	450	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$79,960	440	View salary detail
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$91,560	440	View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	$37,950	440	View salary detail

Metropolitan areas in this state

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.