High paying sales jobs in Louisiana

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Louisiana. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single sales 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 Louisiana run 11.8% below the national average (2024), so a Louisiana salary is worth about 1.13× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Louisiana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Louisiana · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$124,200
Bachelor's degree
$52,760 – $183,8502,340
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$73,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,810 – $138,1601,840
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$63,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,380 – $122,05019,120
4Insurance Sales Agents$55,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $103,5607,100
5Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$55,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,530 – $108,5408,200
6Advertising Sales Agents$48,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,480 – $100,800860
7Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$48,040
Bachelor's degree
$36,800 – $173,6804,130
8Real Estate Sales Agents$45,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,210 – $86,5901,940
9First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$43,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,720 – $71,29016,910
10Counter and Rental Clerks$34,910
No formal educational credential
$22,020 – $52,6103,740
11Sales and Related Workers, All Other$31,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,720 – $62,190910
12Parts Salespersons$31,310
No formal educational credential
$23,390 – $55,1203,960
13Retail Salespersons$29,490
No formal educational credential
$21,940 – $45,28049,570
14Cashiers$26,750
No formal educational credential
$19,300 – $34,78046,350
15Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers$23,390
No formal educational credential
$21,060 – $37,230990

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisiana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$124,200	$52,760 – $183,850	2,340
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,700	$46,810 – $138,160	1,840
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,290	$34,380 – $122,050	19,120
4	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,440	$35,140 – $103,560	7,100
5	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,200	$33,530 – $108,540	8,200
6	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,810	$25,480 – $100,800	860
7	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$48,040	$36,800 – $173,680	4,130
8	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,850	$20,210 – $86,590	1,940
9	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,860	$27,720 – $71,290	16,910
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$34,910	$22,020 – $52,610	3,740
11	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,990	$23,720 – $62,190	910
12	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$31,310	$23,390 – $55,120	3,960
13	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$29,490	$21,940 – $45,280	49,570
14	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$26,750	$19,300 – $34,780	46,350
15	Gambling Change Persons and Booth CashiersNo formal educational credential	$23,390	$21,060 – $37,230	990

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Louisiana. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Louisiana to rank honestly.

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