Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area

257 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 2200002.

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
Cashiers	2,360
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	2,210
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,910
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,900
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,870
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,790
Nursing Assistants	1,590
General and Operations Managers	1,560
Retail Salespersons	1,540
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,520
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,500
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,450
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,320
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,300
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,280
Office Clerks, General	1,260
Production Workers, All Other	1,250
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,200
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,090
Food Preparation Workers	1,040

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
Woodworkers, All Other	72.43	200
Logging Equipment Operators	44.37	470
Extraction Workers, All Other	39.05	110
Gambling Service Workers, All Other	16.93	120
Millwrights	10.98	220
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	10.87	220
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	10.60	280
Correctional Officers and Jailers	9.99	1,900
Production Workers, All Other	9.94	1,250
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	9.14	130
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	9.10	370
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	7.23	220
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	6.84	330
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	6.20	330
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	5.71	130
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	5.28	290
Public Safety Telecommunicators	4.96	250
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	3.70	1,200
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	3.65	150
Postal Service Clerks	3.15	120

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$328,470
Family Medicine Physicians	$248,960
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$132,690
Pharmacists	$131,970
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$131,480
Nurse Practitioners	$129,360
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$120,770
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$114,820
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$114,550
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$106,680
Physical Therapists	$105,850
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$105,720
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$103,050
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$102,370
Medical and Health Services Managers	$100,970
Construction Managers	$100,860
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$100,420
Human Resources Managers	$98,480
Sales Managers	$97,030
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$94,600

All 257 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	320	$64,490	0.45
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	90	$77,680	0.70
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	40	$22,900	0.20
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	40	$25,220	0.33
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	40	$132,690	0.35
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	320	$40,130	0.90
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$35,980	1.01
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$28,660	0.53
Bartenders `35-3011`	210	$19,820	0.54
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	290	$36,150	1.44
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	600	$39,150	0.88
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	370	$21,890	1.84
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	80	$48,880	0.55
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	580	$76,400	1.07
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	120	$34,800	1.81
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$66,710	0.42
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	160	$57,080	2.89
Carpenters `47-2031`	260	$46,810	0.78
Cashiers `41-2011`	2,360	$23,500	1.53
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	110	$47,890	1.12
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	30	$114,820	0.32
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	260	$21,190	1.02
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	80	$103,050	0.43
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	90	$60,530	0.58
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$27,660	0.52
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	140	$61,160	0.84
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	80	$62,920	0.66
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers `49-9091`	30	$37,020	2.35
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	330	$42,230	6.20
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	180	$71,280	0.86
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	200	$70,840	0.91
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$93,310	0.19
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	110	$50,920	0.31
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$120,770	0.19
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	980	$34,360	1.79
Construction Managers `11-9021`	140	$100,860	0.71
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	490	$21,430	2.21
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	510	$26,270	0.73
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	80	$27,730	1.14
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	1,900	$37,060	9.99
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$74,620	0.43
Counselors, All Other `21-1019`	80	$41,630	5.85
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	80	$30,910	0.39
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	Not available	$42,390
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	640	$34,360	0.50
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	130	$36,990	0.68
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	50	$78,620	0.45
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	110	$49,810	1.99
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	40	$75,360	0.78
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$65,810	1.04
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$23,770	0.43
Dishwashers `35-9021`	120	$20,800	0.51
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$45,220	0.79
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	110	$38,650	0.54
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	350	$78,880	2.13
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	180	$49,940	2.97
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	190	$56,300	1.09
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	70	$68,650	2.17
Electricians `47-2111`	250	$58,450	0.65
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	1,320	$47,280	1.90
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	160	$34,090	1.72
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	90	$72,810	3.00
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	140	$100,420	1.78
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	Not available	0.88
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	180	$53,320	0.76
Extraction Workers, All Other `47-5099`	110	$38,360	39.05
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$87,500	0.42
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	50	$248,960	0.86
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	40	$48,320	2.13
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,910	$21,820	0.99
File Clerks `43-4071`	40	$39,600	1.06
Financial Clerks, All Other `43-3099`	50	$36,450	2.80
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	190	$114,550	0.45
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	150	$53,290	2.27
Firefighters `33-2011`	200	$28,860	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	360	$64,340	0.88
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	280	$54,890	10.60
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	130	$60,910	9.14
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	60	$55,910	1.24
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	690	$31,600	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers `39-1013`	70	$61,090	5.06
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	160	$37,620	1.77
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	420	$64,440	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$58,090	0.51
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	760	$49,980	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$32,150	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	150	$46,800	1.99
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	440	$79,750	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other `33-1099`	50	$58,830	5.04
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	850	$36,310	1.52
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$48,700	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	250	$56,940	0.79
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	1,040	$21,910	2.32
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	150	$19,270	3.65
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	60	$37,470	1.76
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	60	$24,100	0.42
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	50	$62,910	0.46
Foresters `19-1032`	40	$78,450	8.59
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers `41-2012`	60	$23,650	5.81
Gambling Service Workers, All Other `39-3019`	120	$27,320	16.93
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,560	$86,180	0.89
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	70	$38,490	0.73
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	80	$68,220	4.30
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	100	$60,780	1.04
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	290	$28,260	5.28
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	330	$50,760	1.62
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,280	$46,510	1.24
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other `47-3019`	30	$40,390	2.62
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	330	$48,910	6.84
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	80	$33,550	0.98
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	100	$35,470	1.27
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	2,210	$21,690	1.03
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	140	$17,910	0.67
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	180	$23,280	1.34
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	40	$46,450	0.92
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$98,480	0.32
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	230	$59,990	0.49
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	40	$102,370	0.23
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	180	$58,340	0.83
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	110	$131,480	0.86
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	390	$47,110	1.01
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	Not available	$73,650
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	110	$46,110	1.56
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	130	$47,380	0.44
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	270	$47,580	3.10
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	150	$59,500	1.27
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	50	$43,860	0.45
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	180	$45,540	0.76
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	150	$30,760	2.02
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,870	$27,690	1.69
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	110	$47,040	2.00
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,500	$35,490	1.02
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	260	$31,200	0.56
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	120	$22,390	1.16
Lawyers `23-1011`	250	$94,020	0.67
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	130	$37,780	1.69
Legal Support Workers, All Other `23-2099`	70	$37,480	2.84
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	140	$55,760	2.15
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	70	$28,190	1.72
Library Technicians `25-4031`	40	$31,760	1.20
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	1,200	$50,970	3.70
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	330	$30,060	0.67
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	110	$38,970	1.34
Loan Officers `13-2072`	120	$65,240	0.86
Log Graders and Scalers `45-4023`	40	$47,510	27.64
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	470	$58,540	44.37
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	70	$78,850	0.58
Machinists `51-4041`	160	$60,830	1.10
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	630	$23,000	1.47
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	80	$58,060	2.62
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	1,090	$42,250	1.42
Management Analysts `13-1111`	140	$75,360	0.32
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	410	$106,680	1.33
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	130	$46,970	0.30
Material Moving Workers, All Other `53-7199`	90	$50,570	7.43
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	90	$27,650	1.29
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	60	$92,060	0.43
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	420	$30,100	1.02
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	100	$40,990	1.07
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	100	$35,290	0.21
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	320	$100,970	1.07
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	110	$29,270	1.27
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	Not available	$48,670
Millwrights `49-9044`	220	$67,100	10.98
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	190	$65,820	2.15
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$81,660	0.25
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	250	$129,360	1.56
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	1,590	$29,020	2.20
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$89,740	0.88
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	110	$105,720	1.36
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	70	$68,570	2.56
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,260	$29,640	1.02
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	140	$42,400	1.43
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	400	$47,590	1.67
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$36,260	0.91
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	70	$38,820	0.36
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	140	$23,880	0.50
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$43,730	0.44
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	100	$49,310	0.53
Paramedics `29-2043`	130	$47,850	2.57
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	130	$27,780	0.98
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	110	$46,840	1.42
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other `39-9099`	40	$27,370	1.31
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$43,250	0.28
Pharmacists `29-1051`	180	$131,970	1.12
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	320	$39,110	1.36
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	110	$30,000	1.57
Physical Therapist Aides `31-2022`	60	$22,070	2.33
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	110	$72,220	1.88
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	150	$105,850	1.14
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	80	$328,470	0.45
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	100	$57,130	0.45
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	570	$39,550	1.68
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	120	$61,310	3.15
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	290	$54,430	1.73
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents `11-9131`	30	$94,600	4.49
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	160	$63,100	2.14
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$37,900	0.54
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$66,280	0.89
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	40	$49,940	1.32
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	1,250	$38,170	9.94
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	50	$60,140	0.23
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	190	$89,650	0.35
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	140	$37,700	0.92
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	370	$35,540	9.10
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	100	$29,780	1.27
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$69,670	0.31
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	250	$36,050	4.96
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	170	$61,950	1.51
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$40,620	0.36
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	420	$29,520	0.92
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	150	$28,470	0.89
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	130	$28,220	1.75
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,790	$75,640	1.06
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	110	$67,060	1.56
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,540	$29,070	0.79
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas `47-5071`	130	$37,430	5.71
Sales Managers `11-2022`	110	$97,030	0.33
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	200	$45,880	0.32
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	320	$59,920	0.51
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	220	$46,610	10.87
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	70	$20,800	1.89
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	1,520	$51,160	2.85
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,450	$33,860	1.70
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	260	$46,200	1.06
Security Guards `33-9032`	530	$34,440	0.83
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	110	$44,400	0.68
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	330	$47,340	0.80
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	100	$27,760	0.81
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `19-3099`	50	$83,780	2.48
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$90,940	1.13
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$70,070	0.71
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	180	$30,680	0.81
Software Developers `15-1252`	40	Not available	0.05
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	250	$52,370	1.94
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	60	$52,310	1.20
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	220	$49,030	2.68
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	160	$84,880	1.72
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,300	$31,070	0.92
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	220	$36,350	0.91
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	60	$50,690	0.98
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-1022`	40	$62,680	1.42
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service `43-2011`	30	$31,750	1.91
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	90	$60,370	1.50
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	970	$23,040	1.37
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	100	$84,500	1.38
Tellers `43-3071`	290	$28,880	1.78
Therapists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `29-1129`	40	$81,990	3.18
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	100	$51,100	0.45
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	70	$79,680	0.64
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	30	$28,100	0.49
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	60	$29,450	0.97
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	900	$15,080	0.79
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	190	$41,740	2.91
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	220	$59,510	1.08
Woodworkers, All Other `51-7099`	200	$46,550	72.43
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	220	$45,600	7.23