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Potters, Manufacturing Salary in New Orleans, LA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Potters, Manufacturing in New Orleans, LA have a median annual salary of $59,320, with 40 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $39,520 at the 10th percentile to $76,980 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$59,320

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$28.52

Employment

40

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$39,520
10th
$41,480
25th
$59,320
Median
$76,980
75th
$76,980
90th

Local compared with national

New Orleans, LA

$59,320

Median annual · 2025

United States

$46,170

Median annual · 2025

The New Orleans, LA median is 28.5% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $13,150).

Top skills

  1. 1.Operations MonitoringImportance 3.3
  2. 2.Operation and ControlImportance 3.1
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 3.0
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.0
  5. 5.MonitoringImportance 3.0
  6. 6.SpeakingImportance 2.9
  7. 7.Social PerceptivenessImportance 2.9
  8. 8.Quality Control AnalysisImportance 2.9
  9. 9.Reading ComprehensionImportance 2.8
  10. 10.CoordinationImportance 2.6
  11. 11.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 2.6
  12. 12.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 2.6

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Some College Courses
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Inventory control software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook

Common tasks

  • Operate gas or electric kilns to fire pottery pieces.
  • Mix and apply glazes to pottery pieces, using tools, such as spray guns.
  • Raise and shape clay into wares, such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.
  • Adjust wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner.
  • Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
  • Move pieces from wheels so that they can dry.
  • Prepare work for sale or exhibition, and maintain relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work.
  • Attach handles to pottery pieces.
  • Press thumbs into centers of revolving clay to form hollows, and press on the inside and outside of emerging clay cylinders with hands and fingers, gradually raising and shaping clay to desired forms and sizes.
  • Pack and ship pottery to stores or galleries for retail sale.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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