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.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
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 Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $121,970 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $135,960 |
| 19 | Industrial Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $128,690 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,760 |
| 21 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $176,890 |
| 22 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $136,210 |
| 23 | Software Developers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,970 |
| 24 | Nurse Anesthetists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $203,250 |
| 25 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $140,330 |
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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $15,080 |
| School Bus Monitors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $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 Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $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 |
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 ($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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How to use Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA at $355,390/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,040 adjusts to about $64,675 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.1. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical 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 metro 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.