Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 84.8) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA moved from $42,270 in May 2024 to $44,820 in May 2025 (+6.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA sits +2.9 pp ahead of 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.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $15,080 here versus $35,230 nationally (-57.2%; 2,620metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $22,220 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-37.9%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$15,080 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA sits 57.2% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,620 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$22,220 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA sits 37.9% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,050 published local jobs).
- Food Preparation Workers$22,980 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA sits 34.9% below the national Food Preparation Workers median of $35,320 (2,860 published local jobs).
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$26,370 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA sits 28.4% below the national Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $36,840 (3,100 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Shreveport-Bossier City, LA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 43340 · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #385/528
- RPP-QUIET 84.8
- OCC-MID 343 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $315K
- EMP-MIX Postsecondar…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Hilton Head Isla…
- BOOK-FULL 336 rows · May 2025
Read with Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC ($4 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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
Where Shreveport-Bossier City, LA already employs the upper wage tier
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other and Pharmacists lead published employment inside Shreveport-Bossier City, LA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 670 jobs · $113,550
- 2. Pharmacists 520 jobs · $137,970
- 3. Financial Managers 500 jobs · $115,080
- 4. Management Analysts 470 jobs · $105,370
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 410 jobs · $125,740
- 6. Sales Managers 390 jobs · $105,260
- 7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 350 jobs · $163,320
- 8. Construction Managers 300 jobs · $107,290
- 9. Industrial Production Managers 280 jobs · $134,860
- 10. Physicians, All Other 260 jobs · $315,350
- 11. Facilities Managers 210 jobs · $105,320
- 12. Family Medicine Physicians 170 jobs · $220,580
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $128,940
- 14. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $145,030
- 15. Mechanical Engineers 110 jobs · $100,310
- 16. Social Workers, All Other 100 jobs · $109,390
- 17. Physician Assistants 90 jobs · $134,090
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $129,160
Occupations Tracked
343
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,021
employment-weighted, 336 complete rows
Top Salary
$315,350
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
84.8
15% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Shreveport-Bossier City, 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 | Postsecondary Teachers, All Other | $113,550 |
| 2 | Pharmacists | $137,970 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $115,080 |
| 4 | Management Analysts | $105,370 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,740 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $105,260 |
| 7 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $163,320 |
| 8 | Construction Managers | $107,290 |
| 9 | Industrial Production Managers | $134,860 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $315,350 |
| 11 | Facilities Managers | $105,320 |
| 12 | Family Medicine Physicians | $220,580 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $128,940 |
| 14 | Dentists, General | $145,030 |
| 15 | Mechanical Engineers | $100,310 |
| 16 | Social Workers, All Other | $109,390 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $134,090 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $129,160 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $124,970 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $100,530 |
| 21 | Nurse Anesthetists | $230,440 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers | $121,980 |
| 23 | Electrical Engineers | $111,380 |
| 24 | Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other | $100,420 |
| 25 | Computer Network Architects | $104,570 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Gambling Dealers | $15,080 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $15,080 |
| Bartenders | $19,770 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $20,330 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $21,100 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $21,780 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $22,120 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $22,220 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,400 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,460 |
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 ($54,021 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA at $315,350/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $54,021 adjusts to about $63,730 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 84.8. 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.