How much do Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders make in New Orleans-Metairie, LA?

Percentile spread

For Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders, the published 10th percentile is $55,620 and the 90th percentile is $68,010. The difference is $12,390, which is 19.9% 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 $58,140 to the 75th at $62,560, covers $4,420.

The mean annual wage is $60,850, which sits below the median of $62,200. 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 $58,870 for Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,173, 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 5.6% higher than the Louisiana median of $58,900.

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 $62,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders at $67,173 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders. New Orleans-Metairie, LA ranks 1st of 3 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).).

• Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA is 76 miles away, with a median of $57,940 and employment of 60. That median is 6.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,082, against $67,173 here.
• Baton Rouge, LA is 126 miles away, with a median of $49,700 and employment of 100. That median is 20.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,748, against $67,173 here.

Employment share

Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (210 of 445,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (10,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.85 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.