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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

What professions have the highest employment in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. We note that the total employment in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 166,700. The most popular job is the registered nurses profession, which employs 6,000 people (3.60 percent of the total employment in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA). The second most common job is the cashier profession which employs 5,550 people (3.33 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	166,700	100.00%	$37,150
2	Registered Nurses	6,000	3.60%	$77,790
3	Cashiers	5,550	3.33%	$20,990
4	Retail Salespersons	5,130	3.08%	$25,450
5	Customer Service Representatives	4,510	2.71%	$30,700
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	3,990	2.39%	$24,510
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	3,710	2.23%	$29,280
8	General and Operations Managers	3,670	2.20%	$99,020
9	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,330	2.00%	$19,880
10	Office Clerks, General	3,300	1.98%	$27,880
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	3,080	1.85%	$34,840
12	Food Preparation Workers	3,050	1.83%	$20,820
13	Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,880	1.73%	$20,430
14	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,850	1.71%	$45,520
15	Waiters and Waitresses	2,530	1.52%	$20,730
16	Stockers and Order Fillers	2,490	1.49%	$28,840
17	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	2,350	1.41%	$47,850
18	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,190	1.31%	$50,610
19	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2,060	1.24%	$47,860
20	Nursing Assistants	2,030	1.22%	$29,230
21	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,930	1.16%	$38,890
22	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,920	1.15%	$37,280
23	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,920	1.15%	$37,210
24	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	1,770	1.06%	$35,530
25	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	1,610	0.97%	$60,980
26	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,570	0.94%	$26,940
27	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,550	0.93%	$30,830
28	Construction Laborers	1,400	0.84%	$35,080
29	All Other Managers	1,390	0.83%	$95,830
30	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,330	0.80%	$46,730
31	Restaurant Cooks	1,330	0.80%	$27,560
32	Security Guards	1,230	0.74%	$26,640
33	Other Business Operations Specialists	1,200	0.72%	$61,670
34	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,190	0.71%	$21,900
35	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,170	0.70%	$59,110
36	Accountants and Auditors	1,160	0.70%	$61,030
37	Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,160	0.70%	$28,500
38	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	920	0.55%	$64,500
39	Firefighters	900	0.54%	$35,950
40	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	880	0.53%	$44,740
41	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	870	0.52%	$45,690
42	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	850	0.51%	$62,110
43	Other Production Workers	840	0.50%	$32,360
44	Medical Assistants	820	0.49%	$30,400
45	Fast Food Cooks	820	0.49%	$20,750
46	Childcare Workers	820	0.49%	$20,610
47	Medical and Health Services Managers	810	0.49%	$95,640
48	Electricians	790	0.47%	$45,780
49	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	730	0.44%	$64,240
50	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	730	0.44%	$47,190
51	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	720	0.43%	$29,200
52	Other Healthcare Support Workers	700	0.42%	$31,950
53	Bartenders	680	0.41%	$19,890
54	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	680	0.41%	$31,490
55	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	680	0.41%	$49,590
56	Pharmacy Technicians	660	0.40%	$37,170
57	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	660	0.40%	$42,730
58	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	650	0.39%	$51,330
59	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	620	0.37%	$46,370
60	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	620	0.37%	$60,600
61	Financial Managers	600	0.36%	$100,910
62	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	600	0.36%	$54,240
63	Insurance Sales Agents	580	0.35%	$36,550
64	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	580	0.35%	$45,600
65	Gaming Dealers	570	0.34%	$30,560
66	Carpenters	560	0.34%	$39,990
67	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	550	0.33%	$64,940
68	Tellers	540	0.32%	$36,010
69	Pharmacists	510	0.31%	$130,500
70	Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	510	0.31%	$46,130
71	Dental Assistants	500	0.30%	$34,310
72	All Other Physicians	490	0.29%	n/a
73	Other Health Technologists and Technicians	490	0.29%	$35,550
74	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	480	0.29%	$49,130
75	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	460	0.28%	$48,750
76	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	450	0.27%	$51,090
77	Postal Service Mail Carriers	450	0.27%	$53,680
78	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	450	0.27%	$23,030
79	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	440	0.26%	$61,900
80	Dishwashers	440	0.26%	$21,820
81	Parts Salespersons	440	0.26%	$30,720
82	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	440	0.26%	$35,940
83	Phlebotomists	430	0.26%	$32,290
84	Human Resources Specialists	420	0.25%	$54,110
85	Counter and Rental Clerks	420	0.25%	$27,920
86	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	420	0.25%	$22,380
87	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	420	0.25%	$37,040
88	Engineers, All Other	410	0.25%	$79,580
89	Short Order Cooks	410	0.25%	$21,960
90	Driver/Sales Workers	410	0.25%	$36,260
91	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	400	0.24%	$78,780
92	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	400	0.24%	$21,300
93	Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	400	0.24%	$19,100
94	Billing and Posting Clerks	400	0.24%	$33,690
95	Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers	390	0.23%	$57,260
96	Radiologic Technologists	390	0.23%	$58,960
97	Property, Real Estate Managers	380	0.23%	$38,520
98	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	370	0.22%	$38,640
99	Respiratory Therapists	370	0.22%	$62,500
100	Lawyers	360	0.22%	$107,970

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