Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Across all occupations in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metropolitan area, the median wage is $44,820 a year ($21.55 an hour) and the mean $54,580, May 2025. That median is −12% against the US median of $50,980 and −2% against Louisiana's $45,520. BLS counts 162,750 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is registered nurses.

All occupations: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA vs Louisiana and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA area, Louisiana and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	Hourly	$10.85	$14.47	$21.55	$31.41	$46.64	$26.24	162,750
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	Annual	$22,570	$30,110	$44,820	$65,340	$97,010	$54,580	162,750
Louisiana	Hourly	$10.92	$14.59	$21.89	$31.90	$48.13	$27.21	1,934,900
Louisiana	Annual	$22,710	$30,350	$45,520	$66,340	$100,110	$56,600	1,934,900
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

343 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Louisiana. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Rank	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 in Louisiana	$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 in Louisiana	$115,080	$55.33	500
15	Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$113,550	*	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 in Louisiana	$105,370	$50.66	470
20	Facilities Managers	$105,320	$50.63	210

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Registered Nurses in Louisiana	6,390	39.25	1.81	$80,080
2	Retail Salespersons in Louisiana	4,670	28.69	1.14	$28,990
3	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Louisiana	4,250	26.13	1.38	$34,970
4	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Louisiana	4,150	25.50	1.03	$22,460
5	Cashiers in Louisiana	3,920	24.07	1.21	$25,760
6	General and Operations Managers in Louisiana	3,450	21.20	0.94	$98,610
7	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Louisiana	3,100	19.03	1.34	$26,370
8	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Louisiana	3,060	18.83	1.42	$49,360
9	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Louisiana	3,050	18.73	0.68	$22,220
10	Office Clerks, General in Louisiana	3,040	18.67	1.18	$33,990
11	Food Preparation Workers in Louisiana	2,860	17.56	3.06	$22,980
12	Customer Service Representatives in Louisiana	2,760	16.93	1.01	$36,440
13	Waiters and Waitresses in Louisiana	2,620	16.09	1.10	$15,080
13	Stockers and Order Fillers in Louisiana	2,620	16.07	0.88	$34,690
15	Nursing Assistants in Louisiana	2,330	14.31	1.54	$32,160
16	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Louisiana	2,280	13.99	1.57	$61,850
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Louisiana	2,200	13.50	1.23	$38,580
18	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Louisiana	2,110	12.99	1.41	$53,100
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Louisiana	2,110	12.95	1.32	$46,320
20	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Louisiana	1,900	11.69	1.32	$45,400

Most concentrated occupations in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Gambling Service Workers, All Other	14.55	220	1.32	$29,640
2	Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	13.45	610	3.73	$49,250
3	Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	11.77	550	3.40	$41,610
4	Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	10.17	100	0.64	$64,220
5	Drafters, All Other	7.99	120	0.74	*
6	Insulation Workers, Mechanical	6.88	180	1.14	$47,680
7	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	6.72	230	1.43	$82,920
8	Gambling Dealers	6.60	580	3.56	$15,080
9	First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	5.91	160	0.99	$50,140
10	Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	5.49	630	3.88	$38,510

Occupation groups in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$98,120	$111,840	9,850	60.53	0.85
Architecture and Engineering	$79,260	$86,550	1,940	11.94	0.71
Computer and Mathematical	$75,750	$82,490	1,820	11.20	0.33
Legal	$71,410	$91,830	850	5.23	0.62
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$71,330	$79,910	1,010	6.21	0.66
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$69,870	$85,650	15,600	95.83	1.52
Business and Financial Operations	$68,600	$77,140	6,400	39.31	0.58
Educational Instruction and Library	$60,060	$61,010	9,690	59.54	1.02
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$55,000	$58,270	8,550	52.55	1.34
Community and Social Service	$54,400	$55,860	2,190	13.45	0.78
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$52,920	$53,550	150	0.95	0.34
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$49,080	$58,000	1,180	7.26	0.55
Construction and Extraction	$49,070	$54,220	8,460	52.01	1.26
Protective Service	$47,540	$49,790	4,840	29.72	1.22
Production	$46,880	$52,170	6,700	41.19	0.75
Office and Administrative Support	$39,290	$43,490	19,980	122.79	1.08
Transportation and Material Moving	$37,510	$42,580	15,180	93.24	1.06
Sales and Related	$31,530	$43,510	14,880	91.43	1.06
Healthcare Support	$30,450	$32,770	8,680	53.34	1.05
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$28,540	$30,010	5,810	35.71	1.22
Personal Care and Service	$27,230	$31,600	3,410	20.93	1.00
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$22,960	$26,150	15,570	95.66	1.09

Every occupation in Louisiana, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 343 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Shreveport-Bossier City, LA estimates (area 43340).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.