High paying transportation jobs in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single transportation 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA run 14.9% below the national average (2024), so a Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, 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, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA · Employed

1Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$103,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,480 – $200,4202,040
2Ship Engineers$100,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$72,260 – $162,630150
3Commercial Pilots$97,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,990 – $168,920160
4Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers$62,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,100 – $80,13070
5First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$60,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,680 – $94,550400
6Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders$57,940
No formal educational credential
$51,840 – $78,12060
7Crane and Tower Operators$57,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,590 – $77,300300
8Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$49,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,740 – $72,7001,460
9Sailors and Marine Oilers$48,500
No formal educational credential
$29,480 – $91,6502,140
10Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$41,210
No formal educational credential
$37,100 – $62,830170
11Transportation Workers, All Other$38,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $43,250100
12Light Truck Drivers$37,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,500 – $65,640500
13Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$33,310
No formal educational credential
$20,430 – $47,3702,000
14Material Moving Workers, All Other$31,810
No formal educational credential
$25,760 – $42,63070
15Stockers and Order Fillers$31,040
No formal educational credential
$27,550 – $43,3801,440
16Bus Drivers, School$29,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,720 – $35,690250
17Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$29,310
No formal educational credential
$21,410 – $42,24060
18Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$29,280
No formal educational credential
$24,570 – $42,08050
19Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$28,840
No formal educational credential
$23,160 – $50,710130
20Packers and Packagers, Hand$23,740
No formal educational credential
$18,490 – $29,64060

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

#	Occupation	MedianHouma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water VesselsPostsecondary nondegree award	$103,780	$60,480 – $200,420	2,040
2	Ship EngineersPostsecondary nondegree award	$100,260	$72,260 – $162,630	150
3	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$97,570	$46,990 – $168,920	160
4	Pump Operators, Except Wellhead PumpersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,820	$22,100 – $80,130	70
5	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,360	$40,680 – $94,550	400
6	Tank Car, Truck, and Ship LoadersNo formal educational credential	$57,940	$51,840 – $78,120	60
7	Crane and Tower OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,230	$45,590 – $77,300	300
8	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,300	$36,740 – $72,700	1,460
9	Sailors and Marine OilersNo formal educational credential	$48,500	$29,480 – $91,650	2,140
10	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$41,210	$37,100 – $62,830	170
11	Transportation Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,160	$35,780 – $43,250	100
12	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,350	$23,500 – $65,640	500
13	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$33,310	$20,430 – $47,370	2,000
14	Material Moving Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$31,810	$25,760 – $42,630	70
15	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$31,040	$27,550 – $43,380	1,440
16	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,510	$23,720 – $35,690	250
17	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$29,310	$21,410 – $42,240	60
18	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,280	$24,570 – $42,080	50
19	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$28,840	$23,160 – $50,710	130
20	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$23,740	$18,490 – $29,640	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, 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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