SOC 23-1021 · Legal Occupations · May 2025

How much do Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers make in New Orleans-Metairie, LA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA is $124,530. The 10th percentile is $61,110 and the 90th percentile is $207,480. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$124,530

10th percentile
$61,110
25th percentile
$88,610
Median
$124,530
75th percentile
$199,930
90th percentile
$207,480
Mean
$126,860

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers, the published 10th percentile is $61,110 and the 90th percentile is $207,480. The difference is $146,370, which is 117.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $88,610 to the 75th at $199,930, covers $111,320.

The mean annual wage is $126,860, which sits above the median of $124,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New Orleans-Metairie, LA median is 5.7% higher than the national median of $117,860 for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $134,486, which is 14.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% lower than the Louisiana median of $126,440.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 92.597, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $124,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers at $134,486 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (70 of 445,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (16,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.49 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers make in New Orleans-Metairie, LA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA is $124,530. The 10th percentile is $61,110 and the 90th percentile is $207,480. Employment is 70.

How does that compare with the national median for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers?

The local median is 5.7% higher than the national median of $117,860.

What is Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers pay in New Orleans-Metairie, LA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 92.597, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $124,530 is $134,486. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.