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.
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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