JobAfterNext

Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area

261 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 2200006.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$292,650
Family Medicine Physicians$252,300
Nurse Anesthetists$218,370
Dentists, General$166,730
Pharmacists$131,450
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$130,010
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$129,880
Sales Managers$124,950
Nurse Practitioners$121,450
Computer and Information Systems Managers$120,460
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$119,320
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$118,660
Electrical Engineers$114,160
Human Resources Managers$108,700
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)$107,270
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$105,160
Software Developers$104,130
Construction Managers$103,550
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$102,460
Medical and Health Services Managers$101,340
All 261 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011440$64,0900.59
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012100$92,4700.75
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-309130$21,4200.16
Animal Caretakers 39-202170$23,1300.51
Athletic Trainers 29-9091Not available$60,100
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302160$45,0600.80
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023470$43,2501.29
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603190$28,3201.68
Bakers 51-301180$27,3500.64
Bartenders 35-3011210$18,1700.54
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301140$38,6900.47
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021320$36,7801.52
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031640$42,0300.91
Bridge and Lock Tenders 53-601150$38,64030.41
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051220$24,4801.07
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031110$52,1600.72
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199440$66,7300.79
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021130$34,4301.80
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020150$66,2300.59
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 53-5021530$102,46027.79
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 29-203140$62,6001.15
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119440$60,5200.63
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032100$58,2001.68
Carpenters 47-2031250$44,2700.72
Cashiers 41-20112,480$23,8801.56
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101160$39,5200.58
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101160$130,0100.53
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011350$21,6601.31
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205150$107,2700.29
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103150$93,6400.31
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061200$27,6001.01
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010150$51,1200.86
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912470$44,6700.89
Commercial Pilots 53-201240$93,7701.52
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-1099640$51,76011.61
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041160$60,0200.77
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299100$65,5400.46
Computer User Support Specialists 15-123270$48,4700.19
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302140$120,4600.12
Construction Laborers 47-20611,070$38,6201.89
Construction Managers 11-9021160$103,5500.82
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012230$25,4901.00
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014330$25,8500.45
Cooks, Short Order 35-201590$27,5801.26
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012420$38,9102.15
Cost Estimators 13-105170$62,7600.65
Counselors, All Other 21-1019170$44,23011.49
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021180$38,2900.89
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031190$41,8802.06
Crane and Tower Operators 53-7021100$55,5904.43
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,350$37,8501.01
Dental Assistants 31-9091190$36,7200.93
Dental Hygienists 29-129280$78,6200.73
Dentists, General 29-102150$166,7300.77
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 47-5011160$81,80028.59
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302160$40,9001.08
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203260$73,1601.20
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103140$67,8801.06
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-901180$22,3200.29
Dishwashers 35-9021100$20,6800.40
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032140$49,2501.37
Drafters, All Other 17-301940$55,1205.60
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032250$75,4901.48
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-9099130$61,3902.08
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012140$65,5500.78
Electrical Engineers 17-207130$114,1600.31
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051100$93,2601.50
Electricians 47-2111610$55,9201.55
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,240$57,4501.73
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406160$42,7100.70
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 17-3029110$49,2303.46
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-2199180$91,6802.21
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011290$48,8101.23
Extraction Workers, All Other 47-5099270$46,70095.00
Family Medicine Physicians 29-1215150$252,3002.66
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209250$30,7600.39
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,140$21,5201.08
File Clerks 43-407130$30,0700.88
Financial Clerks, All Other 43-309990$36,8204.72
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031220$118,6600.50
Financial Risk Specialists 13-205450$57,5601.55
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-209990$53,2901.37
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205160Not available0.32
Firefighters 33-2011160$26,6100.88
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011610$64,4801.45
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-1011Not available$58,960
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102160$48,4001.26
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012610$31,3200.97
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011130$35,1001.46
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101230$46,9200.46
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011460$74,6701.46
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101260$69,0900.52
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-10111,120$48,1001.52
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102250$35,6800.90
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101280$57,1501.02
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011520$71,4301.51
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other 33-109940$76,5803.43
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011920$36,8201.59
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047350$60,5801.09
Food Preparation Workers 35-20211,070$21,7502.33
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other 35-9099100$21,6202.21
Food Processing Workers, All Other 51-3099320$29,9909.52
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-304180$23,9500.52
Food Service Managers 11-905140$45,6400.33
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers 41-201230$27,6802.75
Gambling Service Workers, All Other 39-301970$29,2209.90
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,890$93,6101.05
Graphic Designers 27-102430$48,3500.31
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209990$32,4900.95
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 29-909980$84,6004.54
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102250$60,3800.55
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-9099130$30,3902.32
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021150$55,3300.72
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,390$47,5801.31
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other 47-3019110$26,9108.26
Helpers--Electricians 47-3013230$36,7906.93
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-9098320$34,9106.43
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198280$31,5503.34
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-405170$34,9400.90
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11202,630$21,9701.19
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031100$20,6700.46
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081120$23,1100.89
Human Resources Managers 11-312130$108,7000.29
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071240$58,8800.52
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-211290$97,4500.49
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041540$57,2202.39
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051130$119,3201.06
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051660$50,0401.64
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-4199100$34,9701.44
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061330$50,3901.07
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099510$49,6905.61
Instructional Coordinators 25-903180$61,7100.68
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021260$47,4701.05
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111140$30,2101.81
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,260$31,0201.11
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201280$48,2601.40
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,920$31,2701.26
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011240$31,2000.49
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601180$22,1000.80
Lawyers 23-1011210$81,0600.53
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6012100$37,3701.29
Legal Support Workers, All Other 23-209930$37,4801.25
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022110$57,5901.55
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061930$55,5602.80
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-409940$51,6801.03
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033560$34,3801.11
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413180$38,6000.96
Loan Officers 13-2072100$72,0900.70
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108160$70,1600.47
Machinists 51-4041370$59,6702.48
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012500$23,8501.14
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-9043110$58,8203.53
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071820$39,6601.04
Management Analysts 13-111150$97,0700.11
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199460$105,1601.43
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161130$48,2600.28
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022170$26,6702.29
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214160$89,8000.40
Medical Assistants 31-9092390$31,6800.92
Medical Records Specialists 29-207270$46,3500.65
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013120$36,3900.24
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111250$101,3400.82
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-1026Not available$29,460
Meter Readers, Utilities 43-504140$32,2103.68
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022540$61,6001.70
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090130$39,8500.18
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers (3 O*NET occupations) 47-409040$36,8302.87
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042190$57,5402.10
Nurse Anesthetists 29-115130$218,3701.22
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171200$121,4501.22
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,080$29,2501.44
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501160$85,0000.89
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112260$80,2300.66
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,210$29,6400.95
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-919980$40,2800.80
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073310$48,0301.27
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064190$26,5000.64
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141270$39,5202.37
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-201180$44,7400.42
Paramedics 29-204390$47,4401.78
Parts Salespersons 41-2022170$29,1001.25
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305180$45,0400.98
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other 39-909960$34,5001.77
Pest Control Workers 37-202180$47,3501.42
Pharmacists 29-1051210$131,4501.24
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052290$38,7001.20
Phlebotomists 31-9097100$30,8201.42
Physical Scientists, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 19-2099Not available$79,450
Physical Therapist Aides 31-202240$20,5401.48
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202170$63,9101.15
Physical Therapists 29-1123100$84,5600.74
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107140$129,8800.44
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122990$292,6500.52
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152340$48,5301.40
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051290$39,2100.84
Postal Service Clerks 43-505170$64,6301.71
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052280$55,4901.66
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011190$37,9500.77
Printing Press Operators 51-511240$33,7900.53
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-1092110$62,3302.48
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199710$45,8105.46
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061100Not available0.47
Project Management Specialists 13-1082270$88,1300.48
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141Not available$50,630
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-9099130$45,9803.11
Psychiatric Technicians 29-205360$30,0700.72
Public Relations Specialists 27-303130$43,6800.23
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031150$33,7002.75
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034130$63,5001.07
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902260$52,1800.58
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171550$29,6801.17
Recreation Workers 39-9032130$25,0500.74
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081110$35,9601.45
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,350$77,9800.77
Respiratory Therapists 29-112690$72,7401.29
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,950$29,2700.97
Riggers 49-9096140$41,69012.18
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas 47-5012180$67,76028.35
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 47-5071320$50,07013.94
Sailors and Marine Oilers 53-5011490$48,53030.19
Sales Managers 11-2022140$124,9500.44
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091270$58,4400.41
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012730$62,6301.15
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011Not available$72,980
School Bus Monitors 33-909450$19,8601.13
School Psychologists 19-3034Not available$62,910
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-20311,110$50,5702.01
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,600$36,4101.82
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031170$45,3600.68
Security Guards 33-9032270$30,4600.40
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901240$44,2901.41
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 47-5013380$59,35017.27
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603170$28,0201.29
Ship Engineers 53-503150$93,98011.53
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071350$38,7800.83
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053100$29,9100.76
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151120$75,3301.12
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093190$33,1200.84
Software Developers 15-125270$104,1300.09
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205940$58,8702.56
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052220$57,4701.64
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205770$50,3201.44
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058170$53,4202.04
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127120$60,2301.32
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,420$31,2100.97
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-2041160$49,0705.85
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018180$49,2300.72
Surgical Technologists 29-205560$50,1501.06
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 43-201190$21,2405.00
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309950$60,0300.87
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045810$26,0101.10
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202290$64,9001.26
Tellers 43-3071190$28,9201.15
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151100$51,0600.42
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307180$89,5900.67
Veterinarians 29-113130$80,0000.76
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909650$28,4300.74
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205670$29,5601.11
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031720$15,0800.62
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031180$44,5102.75
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121870$56,7004.05