Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.1) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA moved from $44,150 in May 2024 to $45,610 in May 2025 (+3.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA sits +0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
Cashiers publishes $25,990 here versus $32,880 nationally (-21.0%; 2,070metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $29,220 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-17.5%).
- Cashiers$25,990 in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA sits 21.0% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,070 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,220 in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA sits 17.5% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,060 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$33,310 in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA sits 17.2% below the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (2,000 published local jobs).
- Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$103,780 in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA sits 12.2% above the national Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels median of $92,460 (2,040 published local jobs).
Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 26380 · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #355/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.1
- OCC-MID 278 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $355K
- EMP-MIX Captains, Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Kokomo, IN
- BOOK-MOST 272 rows · May 2025
Read with Kokomo, IN (+$11 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux
Where Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA already employs the upper wage tier
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels and General and Operations Managers lead published employment inside Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 2,040 jobs · $103,780
- 2. General and Operations Managers 1,840 jobs · $107,200
- 3. Managers, All Other 680 jobs · $102,130
- 4. Construction Managers 430 jobs · $97,790
- 5. Physicians, All Other 290 jobs · $355,390
- 6. Financial Managers 270 jobs · $121,000
- 7. Pharmacists 240 jobs · $134,050
- 8. Medical and Health Services Managers 240 jobs · $98,310
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 230 jobs · $127,660
- 10. Sales Managers 160 jobs · $123,700
- 11. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 160 jobs · $99,490
- 12. Ship Engineers 150 jobs · $100,260
- 13. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 150 jobs · $99,460
- 14. Civil Engineers 130 jobs · $107,400
- 15. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 110 jobs · $108,870
- 16. Industrial Production Managers 100 jobs · $130,940
- 17. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $121,970
- 18. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $135,960
Occupations Tracked
278
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,040
employment-weighted, 272 complete rows
Top Salary
$355,390
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
85.1
15% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, 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 | Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels | $103,780 |
| 2 | General and Operations Managers | $107,200 |
| 3 | Managers, All Other | $102,130 |
| 4 | Construction Managers | $97,790 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $355,390 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $121,000 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $134,050 |
| 8 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $98,310 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,660 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $123,700 |
| 11 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $99,490 |
| 12 | Ship Engineers | $100,260 |
| 13 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $99,460 |
| 14 | Civil Engineers | $107,400 |
| 15 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $108,870 |
| 16 | Industrial Production Managers | $130,940 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $121,970 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $135,960 |
| 19 | Industrial Engineers | $128,690 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $104,760 |
| 21 | Chief Executives | $176,890 |
| 22 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $136,210 |
| 23 | Software Developers | $102,970 |
| 24 | Nurse Anesthetists | $203,250 |
| 25 | Dentists, General | $140,330 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $15,080 |
| School Bus Monitors | $17,050 |
| Bartenders | $18,990 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $21,370 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $21,890 |
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | $21,980 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $22,010 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,100 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,280 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $22,810 |
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 ($55,040 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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