How much do Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan make in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA?

Percentile spread

For Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan, the published 10th percentile is $24,270 and the 90th percentile is $37,400. The difference is $13,130, which is 41.1% 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 $28,930 to the 75th at $36,150, covers $7,220.

The mean annual wage is $33,070, which sits above the median of $31,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA median is 30.4% lower than the national median of $45,920 for Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan. In 2024 national prices the local median is $37,531, which is 18.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.1% lower than the Louisiana median of $37,190.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA is 85.103, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $31,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan at $37,531 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA ranks 8th of 10 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 76 miles away, with a median of $38,280 and employment of 1,190. That median is 19.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,340, against $37,531 here.
• Baton Rouge, LA is 83 miles away, with a median of $37,230. That median is 16.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,011, against $37,531 here.
• Lafayette, LA is 91 miles away, with a median of $37,980 and employment of 410. That median is 18.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,551, against $37,531 here.

Employment share

Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan accounts for 0.20% of wage-and-salary employment in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA (170 of 83,440). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (148,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.14 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.