New Orleans, LA Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists	$102,480	50	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$48,750	50	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$56,940	50	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$54,170	50	View salary detail
Optometrists	$136,200	50	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$38,350	50	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$44,130	50	View salary detail
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	$29,780	50	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$47,750	50	View salary detail
Emergency Management Directors	$103,810	50	View salary detail
Video Game Designers	$73,280	50	View salary detail
Soil and Plant Scientists	$78,870	50	View salary detail
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	$36,130	50	View salary detail
Epidemiologists	$81,240	50	View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	$49,230	50	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$49,270	50	View salary detail
Web and Digital Interface Designers	$73,280	50	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,360	50	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$47,770	50	View salary detail
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	$43,040	50	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$66,870	40	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$59,320	40	View salary detail
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons	$37,240	40	View salary detail
Fundraising Managers	$124,160	40	View salary detail
Pile Driver Operators	$61,610	40	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$38,940	40	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$59,320	40	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$49,600	40	View salary detail
Environmental Economists	$75,510	40	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$59,320	40	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$59,320	40	View salary detail
Historians	$82,400	40	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	$49,720	40	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$50,200	40	View salary detail
Commercial and Industrial Designers	$98,260	40	View salary detail
Economists	$75,510	40	View salary detail
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,250	40	View salary detail
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$125,830	40	View salary detail
Aerospace Engineers	$149,430	40	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$44,380	40	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,380	40	View salary detail
Bailiffs	$57,670	30	View salary detail
Film and Video Editors	$68,100	30	View salary detail
Orthotists and Prosthetists	$61,140	30	View salary detail
Traffic Technicians	$44,250	30	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$48,030	30	View salary detail
Judicial Law Clerks	$75,540	30	View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians	$48,180	30	View salary detail
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$95,250	30	View salary detail
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	$77,070	30	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.