Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Shreveport Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area

Figures describe the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Shreveport city limits. 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 343 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$315,350	$151.61	260
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$230,440	$110.79	70
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$220,580	$106.05	170
4	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$163,320	$78.52	350
5	Dentists, General	$145,030	$69.73	120
6	Pharmacists	$137,970	$66.33	520
7	Industrial Production Managers	$134,860	$64.84	280
8	Physician Assistants	$134,090	$64.46	90
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$129,160	$62.10	80
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$128,940	$61.99	160
11	Nurse Practitioners	$125,740	$60.45	410
12	Veterinarians	$124,970	$60.08	80
13	Marketing Managers	$121,980	$58.64	70
14	Financial Managers	$115,080	$55.33	500
15	Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$113,550	Not published	670
16	Electrical Engineers	$111,380	$53.55	60
17	Social Workers, All Other	$109,390	$52.59	100
18	Construction Managers	$107,290	$51.58	300
19	Management Analysts	$105,370	$50.66	470
20	Facilities Managers	$105,320	$50.63	210
21	Sales Managers	$105,260	$50.61	390
22	Computer Network Architects	$104,570	$50.27	Not published
23	Human Resources Managers	$100,530	$48.33	80
24	Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other	$100,420	$48.28	50
25	Mechanical Engineers	$100,310	$48.23	110

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Shreveport metro 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.