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Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations in Louisiana, May 2024

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 state estimates. BLS sorts every occupation into one of 22 major groups; this is the Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations group in Louisiana. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.

The group’s own figures in Louisiana

MeasureValue
Occupation group code45-0000
Employment2,530
Jobs per 1,0001.325
Location quotient0.46
Mean annual wage$50,730
Median annual wage$48,510
Mean hourly wage$24.39
Median hourly wage$23.32
10th percentile annual wage$30,170
25th percentile annual wage$36,890
75th percentile annual wage$58,600
90th percentile annual wage$79,130

Detailed occupations in this group in Louisiana

Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in Louisiana, sorted by employment. Rows where BLS publishes no employment estimate (**) come last. Click a column heading to sort. A cell that reads “not published annually” or “not published hourly” means BLS publishes that row on the other basis only. A cell showing * or # is BLS’s own footnote symbol, explained below the table. Each row is that occupation’s own BLS record for Louisiana.

OccupationEmploymentMedian annual wageMean annual wage10th percentile annual wage90th percentile annual wageMedian hourly wage
Logging Equipment Operators910$56,780$55,010$37,570$79,130$27.3
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers360$59,020$64,360$45,270$91,130$28.38
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse320$30,170$31,530$22,790$44,040$14.5
Agricultural Inspectors210$60,170$61,720$47,100$82,220$28.93
Forest and Conservation Workers210$40,830$41,380$31,200$53,650$19.63
Agricultural Workers, All Other200$39,990$45,980$26,000$83,080$19.23
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products110$36,190$38,700$33,370$52,940$17.4
Log Graders and Scalers100$47,140$44,330$22,020$52,010$22.67
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals50$41,720$41,060$37,750$44,650$20.06
Logging Workers, All Other40$81,140$68,790$41,800$99,000$39.01

Symbols (BLS wording, workbook sheet Field Descriptions sheet): ** indicates that an employment estimate is not available · * indicates that a wage estimate is not available · # indicates a wage equal to or greater than $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year. A wage shown as a symbol is not zero and not a blank: BLS publishes no number there.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 state estimates. Record: state_M2024_dl.xlsx!AREA=22&OCC_CODE=45-0000. the group row is AREA 22 / OCC_CODE 45-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 22 / OCC_CODE 45-xxxx. Reference period: May 2024. Fetched October 2026 from https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm24st.zip.

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