Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $21,570 here versus $35,800 nationally (-39.7%; 2,490metro-area jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$21,570 in Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area sits 39.7% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,490 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2200003 · Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $47K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #512/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 238 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $284K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Hattiesburg, MS
- BOOK-MOST 233 rows · May 2025
Read with Hattiesburg, MS ($88 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 Northeast Louisiana nonmetr…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,480 jobs · $91,000
- 2. Managers, All Other 350 jobs · $92,630
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 210 jobs · $124,800
- 4. Pharmacists 200 jobs · $132,100
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 200 jobs · $94,600
- 6. Financial Managers 190 jobs · $116,290
- 7. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 170 jobs · $103,360
- 8. Lawyers 160 jobs · $84,140
- 9. Project Management Specialists 140 jobs · $94,020
- 10. Physical Therapists 120 jobs · $102,530
- 11. Engineers, All Other 120 jobs · $91,680
- 12. Industrial Production Managers 110 jobs · $118,670
- 13. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 110 jobs · $82,520
- 14. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $278,600
- 15. Occupational Therapists 80 jobs · $103,040
- 16. Civil Engineers 60 jobs · $96,970
- 17. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $115,210
- 18. Management Analysts 50 jobs · $97,070
Occupations Tracked
238
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$47,313
employment-weighted, 233 complete rows
Top Salary
$283,600
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Northeast 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 | General and Operations Managers | $91,000 |
| 2 | Managers, All Other | $92,630 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,800 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $132,100 |
| 5 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $94,600 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $116,290 |
| 7 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $103,360 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $84,140 |
| 9 | Project Management Specialists | $94,020 |
| 10 | Physical Therapists | $102,530 |
| 11 | Engineers, All Other | $91,680 |
| 12 | Industrial Production Managers | $118,670 |
| 13 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $82,520 |
| 14 | Physicians, All Other | $278,600 |
| 15 | Occupational Therapists | $103,040 |
| 16 | Civil Engineers | $96,970 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $115,210 |
| 18 | Management Analysts | $97,070 |
| 19 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $85,100 |
| 20 | Industrial Engineers | $102,770 |
| 21 | Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary | $82,630 |
| 22 | Dentists, General | $160,240 |
| 23 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $139,850 |
| 24 | Veterinarians | $98,410 |
| 25 | Family Medicine Physicians | $283,600 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $15,540 |
| Bartenders | $18,720 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $19,540 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $19,920 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $20,120 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $21,050 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $21,570 |
| School Bus Monitors | $21,620 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $21,810 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $22,300 |
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 ($47,313 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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