How much do Sailors and Marine Oilers make in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA?

Percentile spread

For Sailors and Marine Oilers, the published 10th percentile is $29,480 and the 90th percentile is $91,650. The difference is $62,170, which is 128.2% 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 $36,910 to the 75th at $71,040, covers $34,130.

The mean annual wage is $54,800, which sits above the median of $48,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA median is 5.9% lower than the national median of $51,520 for Sailors and Marine Oilers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,990, which is 10.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.1% higher than the Louisiana median of $46,610.

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 $48,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sailors and Marine Oilers at $56,990 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sailors and Marine Oilers. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA ranks 4th of 7 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 $43,630 and employment of 1,940. That median is 10% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,118, against $56,990 here.
• Baton Rouge, LA is 83 miles away, with a median of $47,520 and employment of 1,310. That median is 2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,346, against $56,990 here.
• Lafayette, LA is 91 miles away, with a median of $49,500 and employment of 340. That median is 2.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,760, against $56,990 here.

Employment share

Sailors and Marine Oilers accounts for 2.6% of wage-and-salary employment in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA (2,140 of 83,440). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 125.92 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.