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Transportation Workers, All Other · SOC 53-6099

Transportation Workers, All Other Salary in the Houma Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area

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

Median annual wage$38,160
Median hourly wage$18.35

Transportation Workers, All Other in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area earned a median of $38,160 per year ($18.35 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,780 at the 10th percentile to $43,250 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Transportation Workers, All Other in the Houma metro area earn more than $38,160 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,780 and $42,960.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$35,780$35,780$38,160$42,960$43,250
Hourly$17.20$17.20$18.35$20.66$20.79

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

  • Houma metro areathis metro area
    $38,160
  • Louisianastate (LA)
    $43,440
  • United Statesnational
    $45,650

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

The median here is −12% vs Louisiana overall and −16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$23,140$38,923$54,707$70,490San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,140Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $28,250Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $31,270Anchorage, AK — $32,300Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $33,890Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $34,010Knoxville, TN — $34,390Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,370Jacksonville, FL — $37,110Albuquerque, NM — $37,230Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,340St. Louis, MO-IL — $37,650Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,000Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $38,160Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $38,240Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $38,580Johnson City, TN — $40,340Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $41,700Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $42,160Monroe, LA — $43,440Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $43,610Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $43,660Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $44,070Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $44,130Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $45,200New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $45,610Baton Rouge, LA — $45,920Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,010Columbus, GA-AL — $47,180Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $47,250Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,430Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $48,870Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $49,710Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $50,370Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $51,890Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,400Savannah, GA — $52,590New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $55,220San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $55,800Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $56,870Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $59,790Columbus, OH — $60,320San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $61,460Urban Honolulu, HI — $65,600Ogden, UT — $70,490

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 Houma metro area has the 32nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 45 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 transportation workers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Houma metro areathis page
    $38,160
  • Shreveport metro area
    $51,890
  • Baton Rouge metro area
    $45,920
  • New Orleans metro area
    $45,610
  • Monroe metro area
    $43,440

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:

Sailors and Marine Oilers$48,500Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$103,780Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$33,310Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$49,300Stockers and Order Fillers$31,040Light Truck Drivers$37,350

Highest-paying metro areas for transportation workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Houma 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.