Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in New Orleans, LA

615 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in New Orleans, LA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$86,320	1,210	View salary detail
Social and Community Service Managers	$86,290	530	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$85,510	180	View salary detail
Project Management Specialists	$85,410	2,090	View salary detail
Labor Relations Specialists	$83,790	70	View salary detail
Education Administrators, All Other	$83,160	160	View salary detail
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	$82,750	350	View salary detail
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$82,700	110	View salary detail
Historians	$82,400	40	View salary detail
Gambling Managers	$82,380	50	View salary detail
Budget Analysts	$82,360	80	View salary detail
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	$82,160	240	View salary detail
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	$82,100	60	View salary detail
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$82,070	—	View salary detail
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$81,850	11,530	View salary detail
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$81,850	11,530	View salary detail
Registered Nurses	$81,850	11,530	View salary detail
Critical Care Nurses	$81,850	11,530	View salary detail
Acute Care Nurses	$81,850	11,530	View salary detail
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	$81,630	60	View salary detail
Epidemiologists	$81,240	50	View salary detail
Credit Analysts	$81,170	70	View salary detail
Cost Estimators	$81,170	470	View salary detail
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$81,090	590	View salary detail
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$81,070	—	View salary detail
Urban and Regional Planners	$80,710	120	View salary detail
Chemical Technicians	$80,390	250	View salary detail
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	$80,030	60	View salary detail
History Teachers, Postsecondary	$79,850	60	View salary detail
Insurance Underwriters	$79,780	330	View salary detail
Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other	$79,370	100	View salary detail
Geodetic Surveyors	$79,230	310	View salary detail
Surveyors	$79,230	310	View salary detail
Mechanical Drafters	$79,130	80	View salary detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$79,030	130	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$79,020	120	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$79,020	120	View salary detail
Soil and Plant Scientists	$78,870	50	View salary detail
Geneticists	$78,850	170	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$78,850	170	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$78,850	170	View salary detail
Biologists	$78,850	170	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$78,850	170	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$78,810	1,600	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,730	100	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$78,480	190	View salary detail
Logistics Analysts	$78,200	460	View salary detail
Logisticians	$78,200	460	View salary detail
Logistics Engineers	$78,200	460	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$77,990	1,880	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.