State labor market
Louisiana labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Louisiana. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Louisiana hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Louisiana.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Louisiana workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Home health and personal care aides
45,060estimated employmentLaborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
43,730estimated employmentGeneral and operations managers
43,220estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Louisiana figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$80,230/yr Louisiana median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$102,800/yr Louisiana median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$61,540/yr Louisiana median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$73,810/yr Louisiana median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$58,770/yr Louisiana median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$120,650/yr Louisiana median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Louisiana occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Louisiana workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Chemical equipment operators and tenders$78,580/yr state median · 6,430 workers+35.4%vs. U.S. $58,040/yr
- Physicians, all other$350,920/yr state median · 4,740 workers+32.0%vs. U.S. $265,930/yr
- Coaches and scouts$60,960/yr state median · 2,550 workers+28.8%vs. U.S. $47,320/yr
- Chemical plant and system operators$100,060/yr state median · 3,400 workers+28.1%vs. U.S. $78,120/yr
- Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels$117,160/yr state median · 6,830 workers+26.7%vs. U.S. $92,460/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Waiters and waitresses$15,080/yr state median · 33,870 workers-57.2%vs. U.S. $35,230/yr
- Gambling dealers$17,760/yr state median · 2,650 workers-48.3%vs. U.S. $34,320/yr
- Firefighters$33,120/yr state median · 5,230 workers-44.1%vs. U.S. $59,280/yr
- Bartenders$20,850/yr state median · 10,140 workers-39.3%vs. U.S. $34,340/yr
- Food preparation and serving related workers, all other$21,820/yr state median · 3,670 workers-39.1%vs. U.S. $35,840/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Louisiana
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Louisiana. Links marked “Louisiana report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Louisiana report is available.
642 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.