Monroe, LA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 83.6) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Monroe, LA moved from $37,000 in May 2024 to $38,150 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Monroe, LA sits +0.0 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Monroe, LA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $21,720 here versus $35,800 nationally (-39.3%; 4,530metro-area jobs). Next is Office Clerks, General at $30,280 locally versus $45,010 nationally (-32.7%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$21,720 in Monroe, LA sits 39.3% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (4,530 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$30,280 in Monroe, LA sits 32.7% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,060 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$21,550 in Monroe, LA sits 30.9% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,060 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$24,490 in Monroe, LA sits 25.5% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,330 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Monroe, LA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 33740 · Monroe, LA $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #497/528
- RPP-QUIET 83.6
- OCC-MID 277 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $293K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-INLINE +0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Dothan, AL
- BOOK-MOST 275 rows · May 2025
Read with Dothan, AL (+$46 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 Monroe, LA
Where Monroe, LA already employs the upper wage tier
Managers, All Other and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Monroe, LA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 440 jobs · $97,760
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 340 jobs · $124,340
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 290 jobs · $104,470
- 4. Pharmacists 280 jobs · $131,990
- 5. Lawyers 270 jobs · $94,720
- 6. Financial Managers 250 jobs · $118,420
- 7. Physicians, All Other 180 jobs · $293,170
- 8. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $112,800
- 9. Physical Therapists 170 jobs · $96,140
- 10. Construction Managers 140 jobs · $101,750
- 11. Occupational Therapists 130 jobs · $98,980
- 12. Industrial Production Managers 120 jobs · $132,660
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $255,330
- 14. Civil Engineers 110 jobs · $99,180
- 15. Dentists, General 80 jobs · $161,930
- 16. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $110,510
- 17. Physician Assistants 50 jobs · $126,190
- 18. Chief Executives 50 jobs · $123,090
Occupations Tracked
277
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$48,541
employment-weighted, 275 complete rows
Top Salary
$293,170
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
83.6
16% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Monroe, 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 | Managers, All Other | $97,760 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,340 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $104,470 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $131,990 |
| 5 | Lawyers | $94,720 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $118,420 |
| 7 | Physicians, All Other | $293,170 |
| 8 | Sales Managers | $112,800 |
| 9 | Physical Therapists | $96,140 |
| 10 | Construction Managers | $101,750 |
| 11 | Occupational Therapists | $98,980 |
| 12 | Industrial Production Managers | $132,660 |
| 13 | Family Medicine Physicians | $255,330 |
| 14 | Civil Engineers | $99,180 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $161,930 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $110,510 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $126,190 |
| 18 | Chief Executives | $123,090 |
| 19 | Education Administrators, All Other | $106,520 |
| 20 | Veterinarians | $117,400 |
| 21 | Electrical Engineers | $101,310 |
| 22 | Mechanical Engineers | $100,740 |
| 23 | Facilities Managers | $99,100 |
| 24 | Industrial Engineers | $97,070 |
| 25 | Human Resources Managers | $95,850 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Monroe, LA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $15,080 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $19,500 |
| Bartenders | $20,060 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $20,210 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $20,910 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $21,550 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $21,720 |
| Massage Therapists | $21,730 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $21,850 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $22,040 |
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 ($48,541 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 Monroe, LA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Monroe, LA at $293,170/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $48,541 adjusts to about $58,065 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 83.6. 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.