Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (2 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 238 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$283,600	$136.34	Not published
2	Physicians, All Other	$278,600	$133.94	80
3	Dentists, General	$160,240	$77.04	30
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$139,850	$67.24	30
5	Pharmacists	$132,100	$63.51	200
6	Nurse Practitioners	$124,800	$60.00	210
7	Industrial Production Managers	$118,670	$57.05	110
8	Financial Managers	$116,290	$55.91	190
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$115,210	$55.39	50
10	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$103,360	$49.69	170
11	Occupational Therapists	$103,040	$49.54	80
12	Industrial Engineers	$102,770	$49.41	40
13	Physical Therapists	$102,530	$49.29	120
14	Veterinarians	$98,410	$47.31	30
15	Management Analysts	$97,070	$46.67	50
16	Civil Engineers	$96,970	$46.62	60
17	Medical and Health Services Managers	$94,600	$45.48	200
18	Project Management Specialists	$94,020	$45.20	140
19	Managers, All Other	$92,630	$44.54	350
20	Engineers, All Other	$91,680	$44.08	120
21	General and Operations Managers	$91,000	$43.75	1,480
22	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$85,100	$40.91	50
23	Lawyers	$84,140	$40.45	160
24	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$82,630	Not published	40
25	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$82,520	$39.67	110

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.