Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $21,970 here versus $35,800 nationally (-38.6%; 2,630metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $21,520 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-31.0%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$21,970 in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area sits 38.6% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,630 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$21,520 in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area sits 31.0% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,140 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$23,880 in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area sits 27.4% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,480 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2200006 · Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $50K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #478/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 259 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $293K
- EMP-MIX Captains, Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Southern West Vi…
- BOOK-MOST 252 rows · May 2025
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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 Southwest Louisiana nonmetr…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 530 jobs · $102,460
- 2. Managers, All Other 460 jobs · $105,160
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 250 jobs · $101,340
- 4. Financial Managers 220 jobs · $118,660
- 5. Pharmacists 210 jobs · $131,450
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 200 jobs · $121,450
- 7. Construction Managers 160 jobs · $103,550
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $252,300
- 9. Sales Managers 140 jobs · $124,950
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs · $119,320
- 11. Physicians, All Other 90 jobs · $292,650
- 12. Industrial Engineers 90 jobs · $97,450
- 13. Software Developers 70 jobs · $104,130
- 14. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $130,010
- 15. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $166,730
- 16. Civil Engineers 50 jobs · $107,270
- 17. Management Analysts 50 jobs · $97,070
- 18. Ship Engineers 50 jobs · $93,980
Occupations Tracked
259
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$49,956
employment-weighted, 252 complete rows
Top Salary
$292,650
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Southwest 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 | Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels | $102,460 |
| 2 | Managers, All Other | $105,160 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $101,340 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $118,660 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $131,450 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $121,450 |
| 7 | Construction Managers | $103,550 |
| 8 | Family Medicine Physicians | $252,300 |
| 9 | Sales Managers | $124,950 |
| 10 | Industrial Production Managers | $119,320 |
| 11 | Physicians, All Other | $292,650 |
| 12 | Industrial Engineers | $97,450 |
| 13 | Software Developers | $104,130 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $130,010 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $166,730 |
| 16 | Civil Engineers | $107,270 |
| 17 | Management Analysts | $97,070 |
| 18 | Ship Engineers | $93,980 |
| 19 | Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators | $93,640 |
| 20 | Physician Assistants | $129,880 |
| 21 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $120,460 |
| 22 | Commercial Pilots | $93,770 |
| 23 | Nurse Anesthetists | $218,370 |
| 24 | Electrical Engineers | $114,160 |
| 25 | Human Resources Managers | $108,700 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $15,080 |
| Bartenders | $18,170 |
| School Bus Monitors | $19,860 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $20,540 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $20,670 |
| Dishwashers | $20,680 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | $21,240 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $21,420 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $21,520 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $21,620 |
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 ($49,956 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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