Fastest Growing Jobs in Louisiana

National growth leaders filtered through Louisiana's actual employment footprint – BLS 2024–2034

Where Louisiana already employs the growth list

Ranked by published Louisiana employment (not by national growth %). Sibling state pages diverge here because the occupation title set and order change with the OEWS footprint.

  1. 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Healthcare Support Occupations 45,060 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 14,910 jobs · +14.9%
  3. 3. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 12,310 jobs · +12.5%
  4. 4. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 7,470 jobs · +23.2%
  5. 5. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 7,410 jobs · +16.1%
  6. 6. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 7,070 jobs · +14.8%
  7. 7. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 6,420 jobs · +16.8%
  8. 8. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 5,380 jobs · +40.1%
  9. 9. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 4,080 jobs · +15.8%
  10. 10. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,000 jobs · +15%
  11. 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 2,860 jobs · +15.2%
  12. 12. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 2,660 jobs · +12.1%
  13. 13. Respiratory Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 2,520 jobs · +12.1%
  14. 14. Psychiatric Technicians · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 2,420 jobs · +20%
  15. 15. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 2,380 jobs · +12.5%
  16. 16. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 2,290 jobs · +11.9%
  17. 17. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 2,250 jobs · +17.3%
  18. 18. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 2,060 jobs · +13.8%
  19. 19. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 1,710 jobs · +16.7%
  20. 20. Physical Therapist Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 1,670 jobs · +22%

Largest Louisiana footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

45,060 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

46/50

Louisiana employment published

National #1 growth

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

+49.9% · different from state footprint lead

Growth % and openings are national BLS projections. The employment and wage columns are Louisiana OEWS estimates where published.

In Louisiana, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) has no published OEWS employment row while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (45,060 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Cooks, Restaurant (14,910) and Medical Assistants (12,310).

That mismatch is the useful Louisiana read: percentage growth ranks a national change rate, not how many workers the state already employs in the role. Of the 50 national growth rows, 46 publish Louisiana employment; 25 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 51% of summed employment sits in Healthcare Support Occupations (2 occupations).

Annual openings (growth plus replacements) still live on each occupation profile. A high percentage on a tiny base can add fewer Louisiana seats than a mid-single-digit gain on a large OEWS count. Education and credential columns on the profile set the entry clock; several fast-growth rows need multi-year training before the projection window helps a new entrant.

Louisiana footprint order on the national growth list

Rows with published Louisiana employment are sorted by in-state jobs. Occupations without a state OEWS row stay at the bottom in national growth order.

# Occupation Growth %
1 Home Health and Personal Care Aides +17%
2 Cooks, Restaurant +14.9%
3 Medical Assistants +12.5%
4 Medical and Health Services Managers +23.2%
5 Industrial Machinery Mechanics +16.1%
6 Financial Managers +14.8%
7 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors +16.8%
8 Nurse Practitioners +40.1%
9 Software Developers +15.8%
10 Speech-Language Pathologists +15%
11 Computer and Information Systems Managers +15.2%
12 Animal Caretakers +12.1%
13 Respiratory Therapists +12.1%
14 Psychiatric Technicians +20%
15 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists +12.5%
16 Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors +11.9%
17 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary +17.3%
18 Occupational Therapists +13.8%
19 Logisticians +16.7%
20 Physical Therapist Assistants +22%
21 Counselors, All Other +12.6%
22 Physician Assistants +20.4%
23 Data Scientists +33.5%
24 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers +13%
25 Ophthalmic Medical Technicians +19.8%
26 Massage Therapists +15.4%
27 Occupational Therapy Assistants +19.2%
28 Information Security Analysts +28.5%
29 Therapists, All Other +11.5%
30 Operations Research Analysts +21.5%
31 Computer Network Architects +11.9%
32 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary +16.8%
33 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians +11.5%
34 Clinical and Counseling Psychologists +11.2%
35 Medical Equipment Repairers +12.9%
36 Financial Examiners +18.5%
37 Forensic Science Technicians +12.8%
38 Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars +14.7%
39 Mechanical Door Repairers +11.4%
40 Community Health Workers +11.3%
41 Computer and Information Research Scientists +19.7%
42 Epidemiologists +16.2%
43 Orthotists and Prosthetists +13.3%
44 Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists +14.6%
45 Hearing Aid Specialists +18.4%
46 Actuaries +21.8%
47 Wind Turbine Service Technicians +49.9%
48 Solar Photovoltaic Installers +42.1%
49 Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers +12.8%
50 Marriage and Family Therapists +12.6%

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About This Data

Employment projections come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program, covering 2024 to 2034. Growth rates represent the projected percentage change in national employment over the 10-year period.

State employment and salary data comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. Some occupations may not have state-level data for Louisiana if employment is too small to report.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: BLS Employment Projections program, 2024–2034 and BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State employment totals for Louisiana from BLS OEWS State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. State employment and wage rows use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and openings use national BLS Employment Projections for 2024–2034. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.