Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $21,690 here versus $35,800 nationally (-39.4%; 2,210metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $23,500 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-28.5%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$21,690 in Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area sits 39.4% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,210 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$23,500 in Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area sits 28.5% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,360 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2200002 · Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $48K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #504/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 255 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $328K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Daphne-Fairhope-…
- BOOK-MOST 252 rows · May 2025
Read with Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL (+$70 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Central Louisiana nonmetrop…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Managers, All Other and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 410 jobs · $106,680
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 320 jobs · $100,970
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 250 jobs · $129,360
- 4. Lawyers 250 jobs · $94,020
- 5. Financial Managers 190 jobs · $114,550
- 6. Pharmacists 180 jobs · $131,970
- 7. Physical Therapists 150 jobs · $105,850
- 8. Construction Managers 140 jobs · $100,860
- 9. Engineers, All Other 140 jobs · $100,420
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 110 jobs · $131,480
- 11. Occupational Therapists 110 jobs · $105,720
- 12. Sales Managers 110 jobs · $97,030
- 13. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $328,470
- 14. Civil Engineers 80 jobs · $103,050
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $120,770
- 16. Mechanical Engineers 60 jobs · $92,060
- 17. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 60 jobs · $89,740
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 50 jobs · $248,960
Occupations Tracked
255
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$47,884
employment-weighted, 252 complete rows
Top Salary
$328,470
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managers, All Other | $106,680 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $100,970 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $129,360 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $94,020 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $114,550 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $131,970 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $105,850 |
| 8 | Construction Managers | $100,860 |
| 9 | Engineers, All Other | $100,420 |
| 10 | Industrial Production Managers | $131,480 |
| 11 | Occupational Therapists | $105,720 |
| 12 | Sales Managers | $97,030 |
| 13 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $328,470 |
| 14 | Civil Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,050 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $120,770 |
| 16 | Mechanical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $92,060 |
| 17 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $89,740 |
| 18 | Family Medicine Physicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $248,960 |
| 19 | Computer Systems Analysts Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $93,310 |
| 20 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $132,690 |
| 21 | Industrial Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,370 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,480 |
| 23 | Social Workers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $90,940 |
| 24 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $114,820 |
| 25 | Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $94,600 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $15,080 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $17,910 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $19,270 |
| Bartenders | $19,820 |
| Dishwashers | $20,800 |
| School Bus Monitors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $20,800 |
| Childcare Workers | $21,190 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $21,430 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $21,690 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $21,820 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in LA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside LA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($47,884 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area at $328,470/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $47,884 across 252 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan area against the statewide occupation table for LA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.