High paying production jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single production job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA run 15.2% below the national average (2024), so a Shreveport-Bossier City, LA salary is worth about 1.18× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Shreveport-Bossier City, LA · Employed

1Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$82,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,360 – $101,460230
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,710 – $128,290670
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$63,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,720 – $79,090910
4Machinists$60,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,180 – $80,600340
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,830 – $80,620460
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $63,04060
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,490 – $73,39090
8Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,110 – $74,820230
9Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,890 – $65,880360
10Production Workers, All Other$44,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,960 – $56,920330
11Printing Press Operators$42,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,540 – $54,72070
12Helpers--Production Workers$37,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,110 – $45,540250
13Dental Laboratory Technicians$37,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,690 – $64,210110
14Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$37,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,030 – $48,10070
15Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$37,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,350 – $56,500220
16Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,030 – $60,330140
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,790
No formal educational credential
$25,150 – $47,520190
18Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$35,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $59,490110
19Bakers$28,860
No formal educational credential
$22,340 – $37,170210
20Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$27,510
No formal educational credential
$21,620 – $35,040350

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianShreveport-Bossier City, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,920	$33,360 – $101,460	230
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,920	$46,710 – $128,290	670
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,610	$41,720 – $79,090	910
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,440	$38,180 – $80,600	340
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,370	$32,830 – $80,620	460
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$36,720 – $63,040	60
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$38,490 – $73,390	90
8	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$45,110 – $74,820	230
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,030	$31,890 – $65,880	360
10	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,260	$28,960 – $56,920	330
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,380	$28,540 – $54,720	70
12	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,680	$29,110 – $45,540	250
13	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,450	$20,690 – $64,210	110
14	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,400	$32,030 – $48,100	70
15	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,120	$31,350 – $56,500	220
16	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,910	$29,030 – $60,330	140
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,790	$25,150 – $47,520	190
18	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,730	$35,730 – $59,490	110
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$28,860	$22,340 – $37,170	210
20	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$27,510	$21,620 – $35,040	350

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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