Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area

240 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 2200003.

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)	2,490
Cashiers	1,970
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,930
General and Operations Managers	1,480
Retail Salespersons	1,410
Office Clerks, General	1,320
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,310
Nursing Assistants	1,250
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,100
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,050
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,050
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	980
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	980
Food Preparation Workers	930
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	920
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	920
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	890
Correctional Officers and Jailers	880
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	870
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	830

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
Extraction Workers, All Other	43.96	100
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	10.18	440
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	6.92	420
Correctional Officers and Jailers	5.74	880
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	5.54	120
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	4.70	240
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	4.49	320
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	4.00	150
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	3.99	100
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	3.54	920
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	3.44	110
Postal Service Clerks	3.31	100
Public Safety Telecommunicators	3.24	130
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	3.16	150
Bus Drivers, School	2.99	480
Paramedics	2.71	110
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.67	720
Food Preparation Workers	2.59	930
Pest Control Workers	2.43	100
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	2.39	170

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$283,600
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$278,600
Dentists, General	$160,240
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$139,850
Pharmacists	$132,100
Nurse Practitioners	$124,800
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$118,670
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$116,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$115,210
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$103,360
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$103,040
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$102,770
Physical Therapists	$102,530
Veterinarians	$98,410
Management Analysts	$97,070
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$96,970
Medical and Health Services Managers	$94,600
Project Management Specialists	$94,020
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$92,630
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$91,680

All 240 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	300	$67,140	0.52
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	110	$78,830	1.07
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	30	$19,920	0.20
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$23,580	0.44
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	30	$139,850	0.37
Athletic Trainers `29-9091`	30	$60,100	2.59
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$48,740	0.84
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	330	$39,430	1.15
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$28,140	1.28
Bakers `51-3011`	80	$28,610	0.84
Bartenders `35-3011`	130	$18,720	0.44
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	180	$36,820	1.13
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	550	$39,830	1.01
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	480	$24,530	2.99
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$48,820	1.11
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	280	$57,950	0.65
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	100	$34,670	1.91
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	80	$72,000	0.40
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	80	$61,110	1.77
Carpenters `47-2031`	130	$47,450	0.50
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,970	$23,500	1.58
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	Not available	$40,980
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	270	$22,550	1.29
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	60	$96,970	0.44
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$26,780	0.63
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	210	$48,410	1.58
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	80	$52,940	0.80
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	40	$49,790	0.64
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	440	$42,830	10.18
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	110	$64,940	0.68
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	230	Not available	1.33
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	80	$56,130	0.26
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$115,210	0.20
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	550	$36,480	1.24
Construction Managers `11-9021`	130	$79,010	0.85
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	180	$22,880	0.68
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	350	$23,600	1.99
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	350	$26,620	0.62
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	90	$23,500	1.53
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	880	$37,960	5.74
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$69,670	0.62
Counselors, All Other `21-1019`	60	$36,650	4.82
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	70	$32,470	0.42
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	110	$44,450	1.58
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	490	$33,870	0.47
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	30	$48,890	0.48
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$36,650	0.74
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$79,000	0.79
Dentists, General `29-1021`	30	$160,240	0.64
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5011`	30	$44,190	8.04
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	80	$49,110	1.64
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	30	$73,900	1.04
Dishwashers `35-9021`	120	$22,950	0.60
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	70	$40,570	0.90
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	260	$82,120	1.95
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	170	$103,360	2.39
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	150	$47,510	3.16
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	140	$59,210	0.99
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	110	$82,520	2.14
Electricians `47-2111`	250	$58,370	0.82
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	980	$49,650	1.75
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	170	$35,870	2.35
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	100	$53,090	3.99
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	120	$91,680	1.96
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	140	$53,760	0.77
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	40	$47,370	0.28
Extraction Workers, All Other `47-5099`	100	$43,700	43.96
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	Not available	$283,600
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	40	$31,200	0.41
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,930	$21,810	1.25
Financial Clerks, All Other `43-3099`	50	$36,390	3.71
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	190	$116,290	0.55
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	90	$49,550	1.78
Firefighters `33-2011`	220	$27,780	1.56
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	320	$60,760	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	120	$58,130	5.54
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	70	$62,970	6.35
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	40	$52,240	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	520	$29,770	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	80	$33,400	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$46,340	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	320	$64,420	1.28
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$71,110	0.60
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	650	$49,730	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	30	$31,660	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	70	$56,780	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	320	$66,190	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	700	$35,600	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	240	$57,760	0.96
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	930	$22,300	2.59
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	80	$19,540	2.35
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	80	$23,580	0.68
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	60	$45,640	0.58
Funeral Attendants `39-4021`	40	$29,030	3.27
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,480	$91,000	1.05
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	90	$37,080	1.20
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	80	$63,640	5.35
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$60,180	0.93
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	100	$32,330	2.21
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	120	$48,760	0.72
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	890	$45,900	1.08
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	60	$37,570	2.48
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	150	$32,800	4.00
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	140	$35,900	2.07
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	120	$36,900	1.89
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	2,490	$21,570	1.44
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	120	$20,120	0.68
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	110	$22,880	1.03
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	160	$59,210	0.43
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	40	$102,770	0.30
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	120	$57,480	0.70
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	110	$118,670	1.10
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	320	$45,610	1.02
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	50	$41,500	1.00
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	150	$47,480	0.64
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	320	$55,220	4.49
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	110	$66,730	1.18
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	210	$48,790	1.11
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	60	$30,870	1.01
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	920	$25,590	1.04
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	100	$58,310	2.28
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,050	$32,260	0.89
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	300	$29,480	0.79
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	110	$22,360	1.32
Lawyers `23-1011`	160	$84,140	0.54
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	70	$44,870	1.05
Legal Support Workers, All Other `23-2099`	40	$48,990	2.04
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	120	$60,520	2.30
Library Technicians `25-4031`	Not available	$31,960
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	920	$51,260	3.54
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	340	$31,480	0.87
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	80	$39,320	1.13
Loan Officers `13-2072`	120	$64,940	1.07
Machinists `51-4041`	140	$55,280	1.24
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	440	$23,380	1.27
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	30	$49,960	1.42
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	870	$39,780	1.42
Management Analysts `13-1111`	50	$97,070	0.14
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	350	$92,630	1.39
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	130	$58,800	0.36
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	70	$24,130	1.23
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	150	$33,530	0.45
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	40	$44,700	0.57
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	50	$35,880	0.14
Medical Transcriptionists `31-9094`	30	$37,470	1.81
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	200	$94,600	0.84
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	80	$29,450	1.27
Meter Readers, Utilities `43-5041`	60	$37,660	7.19
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	270	$53,560	1.09
Millwrights `49-9044`	70	$63,060	4.59
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	150	$37,780	0.27
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	70	$51,950	1.02
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	210	$124,800	1.60
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	1,250	$28,980	2.15
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	40	$82,630	1.16
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$85,100	0.94
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	80	$103,040	1.23
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	50	$62,920	2.48
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,320	$30,010	1.34
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	180	$38,050	2.32
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	240	$47,600	1.23
Orderlies `31-1132`	40	$24,720	1.88
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	70	$46,070	0.43
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	100	$23,880	0.43
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	80	$43,260	0.92
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	Not available	$65,170
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	70	$49,360	0.44
Paramedics `29-2043`	110	$48,180	2.71
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	140	$29,240	1.29
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$47,990	0.91
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other `39-9099`	30	$23,610	1.35
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	100	$45,440	2.43
Pharmacists `29-1051`	200	$132,100	1.55
Pharmacy Aides `31-9095`	Not available	$31,580
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	250	$38,920	1.34
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	120	$29,880	2.02
Physical Therapist Aides `31-2022`	90	$21,050	4.45
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	100	$72,110	2.23
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	120	$102,530	1.13
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	80	$278,600	0.55
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	80	$57,930	0.43
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	720	$36,990	2.67
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	100	$62,910	3.31
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	270	$57,700	2.01
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	420	$74,460	6.92
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$46,280	0.69
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$59,270	1.19
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	150	$42,110	1.44
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	40	$56,380	0.26
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	140	$94,020	0.32
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	70	$45,500	0.56
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	110	$47,460	3.44
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	130	$34,360	3.24
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	120	$61,410	1.27
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	410	$30,540	1.12
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	150	$27,930	1.11
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	110	$35,910	1.84
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,310	$77,570	0.96
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	100	$70,790	1.76
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,410	$27,660	0.90
Riggers `49-9096`	40	$41,530	3.93
Sales Managers `11-2022`	90	$79,750	0.34
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	190	$49,730	0.37
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	420	$55,360	0.84
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	50	$72,640	0.45
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	50	$21,620	1.72
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	980	$58,150	2.29
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,100	$36,940	1.60
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	210	$46,270	1.05
Security Guards `33-9032`	190	$30,760	0.38
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	40	$52,000	0.30
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	210	$37,210	0.64
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	120	$27,830	1.18
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$63,340	0.81
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	130	$29,530	0.77
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	Not available	0.07
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	40	$58,870	2.93
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	160	$58,160	1.52
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	50	$58,110	1.35
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	130	$59,760	1.95
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	120	$68,890	1.65
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,050	$31,070	0.92
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	50	$51,240	2.30
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	260	$32,580	1.33
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	40	$27,560	0.20
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	30	$49,980	0.71
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-1022`	30	$58,250	1.69
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service `43-2011`	30	$34,650	2.35
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	90	$63,490	1.97
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	830	$23,250	1.45
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	50	$78,280	0.85
Tellers `43-3071`	250	$31,680	1.86
Therapists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `29-1129`	40	$63,580	4.62
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	60	$48,680	0.34
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$77,260	0.61
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$98,410	0.93
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	80	$29,310	1.49
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	640	$15,540	0.70
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	240	$39,060	4.70
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	360	$50,440	2.16