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5 healthcare jobs where pay in Louisiana lags the U.S. median
Louisiana's stall risk on this list is the home health aide wage, not one number for every req.
The aide offer was still a national home-care template, and the debrief kept landing on nobody wanting the work.
Louisiana aides in home health and personal care have a median of $22,520. The national median for that job is $35,800, so local pay is 0.63 of the country figure. Candidates who already work for an agency in the state know the local number. They do not need the posting to teach them that a national range is fiction.
The rest of the page is not the same gap, which is why one Louisiana factor is a bad instruction. Speech-language pathologists are at $69,610 against $97,870 nationally, 0.71 times the country. That is a different profession and a different conversation. Fix the aide wage on its own row before you repost it.
Ranked table
| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $22,520 | $35,800 | 0.63 |
| 2 | Psychiatric Technicians | $31,440 | $45,130 | 0.70 |
| 3 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $69,610 | $97,870 | 0.71 |
| 4 | Nursing Assistants | $30,510 | $42,260 | 0.72 |
| 5 | Radiologic Technologists and Technicians | $63,680 | $80,110 | 0.79 |
Takeaways
- Psychiatric technicians are a different stall: $31,440 locally, $45,130 nationally, 0.70 times the country.
- Nursing assistants land at $30,510, and 0.72 times the national $42,260 is still a gap, just not the aide gap.
- Imaging sits closer to the country than home care does. Radiologic technologists and technicians are at $63,680 versus $80,110, or 0.79 times.
- Louisiana is 2 of 31 among states with at least five occupations this far under the country. The rank does not make the five gaps identical.
For recruiters
- Open the aide req and replace the national range before you add another board.
- Do not average these five into one Louisiana factor and push it through unrelated offers.
FAQ
- Are these posted wages or open jobs?
- No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.
- What should a recruiter do first?
- Follow the recruiter note on this page.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Louisiana OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Louisiana is 2 of 31. A row links to the Louisiana metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $22,520 is stated as about $22.5K. $35,800 is stated as about $35.8K. a comparison of 0.63 is stated as 37 percent. $63,680 is stated as about $63.7K. $80,110 is stated as about $80.1K. a comparison of 0.79 is stated as 21 percent. Rounded figures in the prose: $31,440 is stated as about $31.4K. a comparison of 0.70 is stated as 30 percent. $69,610 is stated as about $69.6K. a comparison of 0.71 is stated as 29 percent. $30,510 is stated as about $30.5K. a comparison of 0.72 is stated as 28 percent.
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