Louisiana · SOC 53-0000 · Annual, 2025
Transportation and material moving occupations in Louisiana
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 53-0000 in Louisiana, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 183,600 people in Louisiana worked in transportation and material moving occupations (SOC 53-0000), with an average annual wage of $51,940.
Employment in transportation and material moving occupations in Louisiana grew 13.6% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 183,600. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Louisiana are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 183,600Employment, 2025
- $51,940Mean annual wage
- 9.5%Share of Louisiana jobs
- 1.08Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 152,700; 2005 152,700; 2006 154,600; 2007 158,400; 2008 157,700; 2009 149,300; 2010 148,000; 2011 151,200; 2012 154,200; 2013 157,200; 2014 161,400; 2015 161,400; 2016 155,400; 2017 152,800; 2018 159,600; 2019 166,300; 2020 161,600; 2021 165,900; 2022 175,000; 2023 177,000; 2024 179,000; 2025 183,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183,557 | $51,940 | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 179,014 | $51,074 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 177,046 | $49,630 | 1.2% |
| 2022 | 175,015 | $48,961 | 5.5% |
| 2021 | 165,914 | $46,464 | 2.7% |
| 2020 | 161,593 | $45,083 | 2.8% |
| 2019 | 166,306 | $42,246 | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 159,572 | $40,584 | 4.4% |
| 2017 | 152,841 | $39,306 | 1.6% |
| 2016 | 155,392 | $38,955 | 3.7% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Transportation and material moving occupations in Louisiana, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for transportation and material moving occupations in Louisiana. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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