Alexandria, LA

228 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 10780.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	2,960
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	2,170
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	2,050
Retail Salespersons	1,650
Cashiers	1,520
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,490
Office Clerks, General	1,420
General and Operations Managers	1,040
Food Preparation Workers	980
Stockers and Order Fillers	960
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	950
Nursing Assistants	910
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	850
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	780
Customer Service Representatives	770
Waiters and Waitresses	750
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	690
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	680
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	630
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	630

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Counselors, All Other	9.76	110
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	7.68	390
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	5.66	130
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	4.50	190
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	4.30	180
Psychiatric Technicians	3.63	220
Production Workers, All Other	3.01	290
Correctional Officers and Jailers	2.89	420
Food Preparation Workers	2.83	980
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.76	690
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	2.69	180
Manicurists and Pedicurists	2.65	160
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	2.37	140
Phlebotomists	2.21	120
Surgical Technologists	2.17	100
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations)	2.17	150
Firefighters	2.14	290
Respiratory Therapists	2.10	110
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	2.00	120
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	1.85	160

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$349,010
Pharmacists	$134,340
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$132,710
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$125,270
Nurse Practitioners	$123,080
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$121,750
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$115,920
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$112,060
Lawyers	$108,720
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$107,030
Veterinarians	$104,580
Physical Therapists	$103,380
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations)	$102,830
Medical and Health Services Managers	$102,550
Human Resources Managers	$100,240
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$99,890
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$98,490
Construction Managers	$98,410
General and Operations Managers	$98,360
Software Developers	$95,510

All 228 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	400	$64,530	0.72
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	80	$93,250	0.76
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	70	$24,760	0.48
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$27,060	0.63
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$47,830	0.89
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	340	$44,900	1.25
Bakers `51-3011`	80	$25,740	0.86
Bartenders `35-3011`	160	$17,840	0.56
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$42,100	0.85
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `19-1029`	40	$71,280	1.81
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	590	$43,270	1.11
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	240	Not available	1.56
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$50,520	0.82
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	380	$69,240	0.91
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$35,630	0.91
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	60	$57,740	0.32
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	40	$52,250	1.72
Carpenters `47-2031`	180	$46,760	0.70
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,520	$26,250	1.28
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	60	$47,670	0.73
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	$125,270	0.59
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	40	$35,260	0.28
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	280	$22,350	1.37
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	60	$92,290	0.44
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	110	$26,530	0.77
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	160	$61,360	1.21
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	50	$42,010	0.50
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	190	$53,740	4.50
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	150	$61,670	0.93
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$46,920	0.54
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	90	$86,940	0.51
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	30	$87,760	0.17
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	90	$49,520	0.33
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$121,750	0.18
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	610	$36,940	1.45
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$98,410	0.57
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	120	$24,170	0.47
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	280	$21,690	1.63
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	360	$27,220	0.67
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	420	$72,920	2.89
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$74,890	0.70
Counselors, All Other `21-1019`	110	$49,220	9.76
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	80	$30,890	0.52
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	30	$32,770	1.29
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	80	$38,690	1.12
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	770	$37,070	0.77
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$43,270	0.83
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$80,330	0.93
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	40	$62,030	0.90
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	50	$82,320	1.39
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$75,520	1.27
Dishwashers `35-9021`	100	$23,010	0.53
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$42,410	0.62
Drafters, All Other `17-3019`	50	$74,540	9.74
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	110	$34,880	0.70
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	210	$79,820	1.69
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	50	$48,540	1.15
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	70	$58,810	0.49
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	390	$76,410	7.68
Electricians `47-2111`	170	$50,200	0.59
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	680	$47,950	1.26
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$48,410	0.84
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	100	$35,680	1.43
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	120	$95,000	2.00
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	210	$47,450	1.17
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4021`	60	$44,800	2.70
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$91,170	0.58
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,490	$21,760	1.00
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	170	$107,030	0.54
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	50	$66,330	0.91
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	30	$78,240	0.23
Firefighters `33-2011`	290	$38,010	2.14
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	340	$74,670	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	30	$91,890	1.50
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	60	$44,080	1.60
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	540	$30,640	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$36,460	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	80	$48,410	1.67
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	400	$67,800	1.67
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$59,930	0.46
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	630	$52,780	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$37,020	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	140	$63,500	2.37
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	360	$74,980	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other `33-1099`	30	$74,670	4.11
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	580	$42,500	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$45,520	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	210	$55,940	0.88
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	980	$22,080	2.83
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	60	$22,410	0.55
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	40	$62,990	0.38
Forest and Conservation Technicians `19-4071`	50	$63,270	4.43
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,040	$98,360	0.77
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other `37-3019`	30	$34,100	5.70
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	60	$23,580	0.52
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	150	$36,340	2.17
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	70	$72,860	5.09
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$60,000	0.91
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	180	$28,990	4.30
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	190	$47,330	1.22
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	780	$47,370	0.98
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	80	$35,550	2.09
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters `47-3015`	70	$36,720	4.36
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	50	$46,200	0.86
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	2,960	$22,590	1.78
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	120	$21,120	0.71
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$100,240	0.39
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	230	$62,210	0.65
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	90	$55,330	0.51
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	50	$112,060	0.51
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	150	$39,010	0.50
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	70	$50,940	1.36
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	140	$43,740	0.62
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	180	$63,050	2.69
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	30	$54,090	0.36
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	230	$49,940	1.24
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	850	$28,750	1.00
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	2,050	$36,190	1.80
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	370	$32,850	1.02
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	100	$23,320	1.26
Lawyers `23-1011`	200	$108,720	0.70
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	100	$37,670	1.72
Legal Support Workers, All Other `23-2099`	50	$49,640	2.65
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	80	$49,860	1.64
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	690	$54,880	2.76
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	490	$38,600	1.30
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	60	$46,020	1.00
Loan Officers `13-2072`	110	$60,150	1.05
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	60	$60,410	7.02
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	50	$67,200	0.54
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	370	$25,260	1.13
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	630	$42,940	1.07
Management Analysts `13-1111`	100	$91,560	0.30
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	350	$99,890	1.47
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	160	$26,540	2.65
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$53,560	0.41
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	430	$34,290	1.36
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	30	$31,710	1.14
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$37,640	0.86
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	150	$34,460	0.40
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	380	$102,550	1.63
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	90	$46,830	1.75
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	90	$37,580	1.47
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	200	$47,280	0.85
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers (3 O*NET occupations) `47-4090`	30	$43,160	2.88
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	90	$50,750	1.25
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	70	$115,920	1.57
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$77,480	0.31
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	230	$123,080	1.84
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	910	$30,650	1.63
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	100	$98,490	1.57
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,420	$32,340	1.49
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	80	$41,660	1.06
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	260	$44,570	1.39
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$36,160	1.25
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	120	$38,260	0.82
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$25,230	0.35
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	60	$43,510	0.72
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	120	$56,760	0.79
Paramedics `29-2043`	70	$51,940	1.80
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	120	$35,890	1.14
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$49,310	1.00
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other `39-9099`	130	$21,980	5.66
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	70	$37,840	1.87
Pharmacists `29-1051`	220	$134,340	1.74
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	320	$39,830	1.76
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	120	$35,440	2.21
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$62,530	1.20
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	160	$103,380	1.54
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$132,710	0.87
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	160	$349,010	1.22
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	160	$57,470	0.87
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	390	$43,980	1.49
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	50	$65,020	1.69
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	180	$56,660	1.40
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) `51-8013`	40	$102,830	3.84
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	160	$36,840	0.87
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	70	$65,490	2.06
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	290	$31,790	3.01
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	40	$47,230	0.25
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	150	$78,110	0.37
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$51,860	0.49
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	220	$29,190	3.63
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	50	$63,280	0.42
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$46,080	1.24
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	160	$62,440	1.85
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	30	$45,260	0.42
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	400	$31,500	1.15
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	50	$29,870	0.43
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	70	$35,500	1.20
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	2,170	$81,680	1.67
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	110	$71,140	2.10
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,650	$28,660	1.09
Sales Managers `11-2022`	140	$85,470	0.57
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	180	$44,300	0.38
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	440	$56,690	0.92
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	610	$48,740	1.49
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	950	$35,890	1.44
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	120	$43,530	0.64
Security Guards `33-9032`	410	$29,430	0.83
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$33,910	0.44
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	180	$41,220	0.58
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	60	$27,720	0.65
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `19-3099`	40	$87,980	2.79
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	70	$80,830	3.02
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	90	$86,640	1.05
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$34,390	0.53
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	$95,510	0.07
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	50	$58,080	3.72
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	160	$48,710	1.60
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	100	$57,940	1.65
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	90	$77,080	1.24
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	960	$31,920	0.88
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	300	$37,150	1.56
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	100	$50,960	2.17
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service `43-2011`	50	$37,990	3.64
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	60	$56,560	1.27
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	480	$20,730	0.88
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$80,540	1.08
Tellers `43-3071`	170	$35,340	1.35
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	120	$46,810	0.67
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	70	$87,880	0.79
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$104,580	1.02
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	30	$28,700	0.69
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	60	$35,270	1.17
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	750	$15,080	0.85
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$45,050	1.13
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	230	$64,490	1.42