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Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA

281 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 26380.

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.

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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)$355,390
Nurse Anesthetists$203,250
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$176,890
Dentists, General$140,330
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$136,210
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$135,960
Pharmacists$134,050
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$130,940
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)$128,690
Nurse Practitioners$127,660
Sales Managers$123,700
Computer and Information Systems Managers$121,970
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$121,000
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$108,870
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)$107,400
General and Operations Managers$107,200
Human Resources Managers$104,760
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$103,780
Software Developers$102,970
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$102,130
All 281 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011480$74,6200.62
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012120$96,2200.87
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-3011100$77,4801.36
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-309170$23,4900.34
Animal Caretakers 39-202150$27,9300.36
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301150$58,6400.98
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904150$136,2100.45
Athletic Trainers 29-909140$64,9402.56
Audiologists 29-118130$65,4304.19
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302160$58,3800.78
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023400$45,8401.06
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603150$29,2800.93
Bakers 51-3011100$26,2100.79
Bartenders 35-3011300$18,9900.74
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301180$37,9900.88
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021320$39,9701.49
Biological Technicians 19-402140$36,0900.99
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031770$43,7701.04
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051250$29,5101.18
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031190$59,8201.23
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199620$59,0601.06
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1011110$108,8702.54
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302180$36,4101.14
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020210$59,0100.79
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 53-50212,040$103,780103.03
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 29-203140$45,2401.24
Carpenters 47-2031400$48,2101.11
Cashiers 41-20112,070$25,9901.25
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101190$38,5600.87
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101150$176,8900.50
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-102160$60,5900.26
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011260$22,1000.92
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302230$64,1800.82
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051130$107,4000.64
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103190$56,6400.53
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061130$28,8400.62
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010110$55,4600.59
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022100$53,5100.75
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912440$38,1200.47
Commercial Pilots 53-2012160$97,5706.19
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-1099190$48,5803.22
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041150$78,6800.67
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123150$65,6100.58
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161130$50,1601.43
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299140Not available0.59
Computer Programmers 15-125170$71,5901.37
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121170$78,6300.24
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232130$53,1700.33
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302170$121,9700.19
Construction Laborers 47-2061880$36,8901.49
Construction Managers 11-9021430$97,7902.12
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401140$70,1700.50
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-901230$59,6301.17
Cooks, All Other 35-201930$26,4303.27
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012420$23,4801.77
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014530$27,6900.70
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012220$38,7101.06
Cost Estimators 13-1051100$73,8000.83
Counselors, All Other 21-101980$49,3905.42
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021230$43,0501.06
Couriers and Messengers 43-502160$30,1901.50
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031160$44,5901.67
Crane and Tower Operators 53-7021300$57,23012.82
Crossing Guards and Flaggers 33-909130$25,4500.66
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051720$35,9300.52
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403150$42,6300.57
Data Entry Keyers 43-902160$35,7900.83
Dental Assistants 31-9091210$37,8701.03
Dental Hygienists 29-1292120$81,8000.98
Dentists, General 29-102140$140,3300.65
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-3021120$48,2701.98
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203230$80,5700.70
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011160$27,7300.53
Dishwashers 35-9021140$26,8300.55
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032190$50,4601.73
Drafters, All Other 17-301980$59,97010.48
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032160$99,4900.89
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903380$85,9400.78
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-108180$96,9202.58
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903130$43,2300.78
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-9099100$64,0701.60
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012120$61,8700.63
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-905150$64,3800.74
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302380$78,2701.58
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209430$60,3200.89
Electricians 47-2111460$57,6501.13
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021750$58,7801.00
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406160$49,4100.71
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-204270$36,2900.70
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 17-3029Not available$60,320
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-2199260$95,4003.17
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011340$54,8601.38
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031100$52,3500.56
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301330$89,7300.38
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,990$22,2800.96
File Clerks 43-407140$27,2401.00
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031270$121,0000.59
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-209990$54,4801.28
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205140Not available0.20
Firefighters 33-2011170$28,3600.89
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011810$67,4001.85
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102160$54,8001.04
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012690$34,5001.05
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101140$35,6200.42
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-1012Not available$48,470
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011510$68,6201.54
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101260$76,0900.53
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011780$57,0601.02
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102240$37,8200.64
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012170$57,2202.07
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011460$71,3201.27
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011780$38,4801.30
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047400$60,3601.21
Food Preparation Workers 35-20211,150$22,8102.39
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other 35-9099110$21,3702.47
Food Processing Workers, All Other 51-309930$29,2600.98
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-304190$25,0700.56
Food Service Managers 11-905160$60,8800.48
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers 41-201250$21,9804.57
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,840$107,2000.98
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501280$23,5500.49
Health Education Specialists 21-109130$48,5300.97
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-2099100$36,5401.04
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 29-9099150$75,1007.88
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022Not available$61,980
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-9099160$36,3202.69
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021250$58,4701.14
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,460$49,3001.32
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other 47-3019250$28,86018.57
Helpers--Carpenters 47-301240$31,5203.34
Helpers--Electricians 47-3013150$33,6804.49
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-9098280$31,6405.49
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 47-3015120$34,5004.90
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198270$36,8303.02
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,630$21,8900.71
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031220$22,0100.97
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081120$27,0000.88
Human Resources Managers 11-312160$104,7600.47
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071300$59,0500.62
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-211260$128,6900.30
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041560$60,1602.37
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051100$130,9400.76
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051170$41,2100.42
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-4199140$40,9101.92
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061510$59,8701.61
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099310$48,7203.30
Instructional Coordinators 25-903170$75,5900.57
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904140$35,7100.31
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021260$60,8401.01
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111170$31,9402.18
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,030$28,8100.87
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70622,000$33,3101.26
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011Not available$34,240
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601190$24,7800.86
Lawyers 23-1011220$93,8400.54
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601280$38,9100.98
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402250$60,5700.68
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061520$53,2401.50
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-409930$57,1600.78
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033500$37,3500.94
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131Not available$45,330
Loan Officers 13-2072110$62,5300.73
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1081140$70,3301.00
Machinists 51-4041570$55,5603.72
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012310$24,2800.67
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071710$43,7900.86
Management Analysts 13-1111140$97,6800.29
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199680$102,1302.05
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161160$59,2600.32
Material Moving Workers, All Other 53-719970$31,8105.78
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022100$23,2901.26
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214160$82,9000.40
Medical Assistants 31-9092480$34,4201.10
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909330$29,3500.82
Medical Records Specialists 29-207290$40,3500.85
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013200$35,0900.39
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111240$98,3100.76
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-1026150$30,8501.66
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022320$58,7600.96
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090240$39,8000.32
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042260$58,8402.77
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-124470$79,5700.43
Nurse Anesthetists 29-115140$203,2501.59
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171230$127,6601.35
Nursing Assistants 31-1131630$30,1400.81
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011130$85,5501.70
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 19-501240$55,0902.29
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1122120$82,7201.32
Occupational Therapy Assistants 31-201140$75,8501.59
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,210$29,8800.91
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199110$44,3501.07
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073710$48,9902.76
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205760$37,1901.67
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208140$36,3601.10
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-911140$41,6600.22
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-706460$23,7400.21
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141350$47,6902.92
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-201180$46,5600.37
Paramedics 29-204380$49,8801.57
Parts Salespersons 41-2022200$30,3701.35
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305190$49,1101.12
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other 39-909950$29,2401.40
Pest Control Workers 37-2021110$46,0902.06
Petroleum Engineers 17-217170Not available7.15
Pharmacists 29-1051240$134,0501.39
Pharmacy Aides 31-909530$33,1401.57
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052260$44,6501.02
Phlebotomists 31-9097140$34,7001.82
Physical Therapist Aides 31-202290$23,0103.52
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202170$65,4801.11
Physical Therapists 29-1123180$78,3201.26
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107160$135,9600.63
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229290$355,3901.56
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152460$55,2401.84
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051460$44,3201.27
Postal Service Clerks 43-505140$64,6701.04
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052220$55,4901.26
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-1199100$58,5701.23
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011140$51,3100.56
Printing Press Operators 51-511230$40,6100.39
Procurement Clerks 43-306140$47,2201.28
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199510$45,4103.79
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061170$51,4100.81
Project Management Specialists 13-1082340$90,5500.59
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914170$51,1500.41
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909990$38,8102.09
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031100$37,2201.87
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 53-707270$62,82013.82
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034110$62,2000.92
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171590$31,0601.20
Recreation Workers 39-903280$26,9300.45
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,460$75,7400.81
Respiratory Therapists 29-1126120$62,2601.60
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,060$29,2200.98
Riggers 49-9096420$37,36034.33
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 47-5071350$46,06014.37
Sailors and Marine Oilers 53-50112,140$48,500126.18
Sales Managers 11-2022160$123,7000.46
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091300$50,1400.45
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012770$65,0301.16
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-909940$26,4100.79
School Bus Monitors 33-909430$17,0500.72
School Psychologists 19-303460$74,4601.76
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031380$61,1800.67
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,180$37,0101.29
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031170$48,0200.66
Security Guards 33-9032410$29,0400.59
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302160$30,7800.31
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 47-5013950$62,26041.15
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221130$54,4300.53
Ship Engineers 53-5031150$100,26034.21
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071420$44,5000.95
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305360$29,3100.44
Social Workers, All Other 21-102940$56,2601.13
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915180$75,0400.75
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093170$36,0900.74
Software Developers 15-125250$102,9700.06
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052150$57,6601.07
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127160$67,0701.62
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 51-802130$43,4902.22
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,440$31,0400.95
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 47-222190$46,8002.39
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-2041410$46,38014.60
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018600$36,5202.28
Surgical Technologists 29-205580$52,7801.26
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-3031100$59,8703.13
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-1022110$63,8003.96
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 53-712160$57,94010.89
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045610$23,6300.80
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-2022140$78,1601.87
Tellers 43-3071170$35,5800.95
Therapists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 29-1129Not available$81,660
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309350$34,3300.83
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151110$59,5100.43
Transportation Workers, All Other 53-6099100$38,16014.14
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3071150$99,4601.26
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909640$30,1400.56
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205650$34,7000.66
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,210$15,0800.99
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031130$45,1101.91
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-41211,350$56,9906.03