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.
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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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.