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Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders · SOC 51-9011

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in the Lafayette Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Lafayette, LA metro area

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

Median annual wage$49,380
Median hourly wage$23.74

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in the Lafayette, LA metro area earned a median of $49,380 per year ($23.74 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $25,800 at the 10th percentile to $99,580 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in the Lafayette metro area earn more than $49,380 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,120 and $61,110.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$25,800$29,120$49,380$61,110$99,580
Hourly$12.40$14.00$23.74$29.38$47.88

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Lafayette metro areathis metro area
    $49,380
  • Louisianastate (LA)
    $78,580
  • United Statesnational
    $58,040

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −37% vs Louisiana overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$34,770$55,443$76,117$96,790St. George, UT — $34,770Manhattan, KS — $36,040San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,430San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $36,450Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $37,200Waco, TX — $37,260Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,900Ogden, UT — $39,010Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $39,160Jacksonville, FL — $40,000North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $40,120Fort Smith, AR-OK — $40,820Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $41,820Lincoln, NE — $43,080South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $43,550Rochester, MN — $44,060Paducah, KY-IL — $44,220Tyler, TX — $44,400Sumter, SC — $44,530Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $44,560Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $44,700Niles, MI — $44,750Oklahoma City, OK — $45,070Albuquerque, NM — $45,080Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $45,110Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,180Greenville, NC — $45,200Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $45,250Chattanooga, TN-GA — $45,300Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,340Valdosta, GA — $45,390Tucson, AZ — $45,550Ann Arbor, MI — $45,590Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,610Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $45,800Lexington-Fayette, KY — $45,820Hammond, LA — $45,910Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $45,930Fort Wayne, IN — $45,970Greeley, CO — $45,980Florence, SC — $46,080Wausau, WI — $46,120Rochester, NY — $46,270Salem, OR — $46,380Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,530Dalton, GA — $46,570Visalia, CA — $46,640Terre Haute, IN — $46,660Knoxville, TN — $46,880York-Hanover, PA — $46,880Winston-Salem, NC — $46,980Warner Robins, GA — $47,160Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,230Fresno, CA — $47,280Lubbock, TX — $47,320Rome, GA — $47,420Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $47,430Huntsville, AL — $47,510Janesville-Beloit, WI — $47,510Stockton-Lodi, CA — $47,520Midland, TX — $47,580Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,650Green Bay, WI — $47,650Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $47,880Wichita, KS — $48,190Morristown, TN — $48,420Syracuse, NY — $48,500Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,670Roanoke, VA — $48,770Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $48,900Duluth, MN-WI — $49,030Reading, PA — $49,070Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,240Springfield, MO — $49,250Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $49,310Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $49,310Lafayette, LA — $49,380Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $49,400Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,460Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $49,520Appleton, WI — $49,560Birmingham, AL — $49,590Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,780Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $49,820St. Joseph, MO-KS — $49,880Madison, WI — $49,920Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $50,020Salisbury, MD — $50,020Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $50,110Greensboro-High Point, NC — $50,180Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $50,320Worcester, MA — $50,460Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $50,690Lynchburg, VA — $50,840Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $50,900Canton-Massillon, OH — $51,020Boulder, CO — $51,230Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $51,310Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $51,450Gainesville, GA — $51,660Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $52,440St. Louis, MO-IL — $53,500Manchester-Nashua, NH — $54,160Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $54,340Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $54,560Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $54,630Modesto, CA — $54,770New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $54,790Victoria, TX — $55,080Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $55,230Bend, OR — $55,310Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $55,750Glens Falls, NY — $55,990Killeen-Temple, TX — $56,040Savannah, GA — $56,120Lancaster, PA — $56,810Wilmington, NC — $56,990Pittsburgh, PA — $57,030Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $57,110Sandusky, OH — $57,240Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $57,370Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $57,410Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $57,430Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $57,460Kansas City, MO-KS — $57,500Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $57,790Columbia, SC — $57,870Tulsa, OK — $57,880Spartanburg, SC — $58,170Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $58,220New Haven, CT — $58,490Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $58,690Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $58,760Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $58,770Boise City, ID — $58,990Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,010San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $59,050Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $59,230Akron, OH — $59,280Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $59,350Texarkana, TX-AR — $59,490Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,820Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,080Columbus, OH — $60,260Omaha, NE-IA — $60,370Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $60,410Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $60,440Raleigh-Cary, NC — $60,440Sheboygan, WI — $60,590Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $60,820Bowling Green, KY — $60,830Toledo, OH — $60,830Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,020Kenosha, WI — $61,180Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $61,250Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $61,530Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $61,660Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $61,720Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $61,770Richmond, VA — $61,840San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $61,870Cleveland, OH — $62,200Springfield, MA — $62,280Ames, IA — $62,300Eugene-Springfield, OR — $62,390Peoria, IL — $62,500Jackson, MS — $62,530Evansville, IN — $62,870Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $62,900Clarksville, TN-KY — $63,370Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $63,490San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $63,510Vallejo, CA — $63,790Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $64,600Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $66,060Hattiesburg, MS — $66,120Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $67,230Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $67,300Elizabethtown, KY — $67,510Joplin, MO-KS — $67,790San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $71,210Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $72,660Lake Charles, LA — $74,220Kennewick-Richland, WA — $75,990Longview-Kelso, WA — $76,390Charleston, WV — $77,670Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $79,430Albany, OR — $81,190Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $82,050Decatur, AL — $82,170Montgomery, AL — $84,360Mobile, AL — $84,740Corpus Christi, TX — $91,560Baton Rouge, LA — $93,920New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $94,450Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $96,790

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Lafayette metro area has the 120th-highest published median for this occupation among the 196 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for chemical equipment operators and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Lafayette metro areathis page
    $49,380
  • New Orleans metro area
    $94,450
  • Baton Rouge metro area
    $93,920
  • Lake Charles metro area
    $74,220
  • Hammond metro area
    $45,910
  • Shreveport metro area
    $45,110

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$37,110Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$57,750Machinists$59,830Production Workers, All Other$38,470First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$69,720Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$64,950

Highest-paying metro areas for chemical equipment operators and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Lafayette Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.