Skilled Trades Pay: Lafayette, LA

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Skilled Trades Headhunters groups the May 2025 Lafayette, LA tables by the published BLS occupation before comparing wages. Among this guide's Lafayette, LA occupations on the annual basis, Occupational Health and Safety Specialists reports the highest numeric median at $104,470 per year, while Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers reports $30,530. This Lafayette, LA comparison is within the mapped trades in the guide, not every occupation in the local economy or an instruction to price different jobs alike.

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub, the published median for SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers, is $99,510 per year. The middle half of the Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub wage distribution runs from $65,580 to $142,120, a width of $76,540 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

Against the United States estimate, the Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub median is $6,260 below the national median of $105,770. For Field Operations Manager, Lake Charles, LA reports $101,370 per year, $1,860 above Lafayette, LA; For Field Operations Manager, Baton Rouge, LA reports $107,140 per year, $7,630 above Lafayette, LA. The neighbors used for Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub are the nearest metro representative points with a released median, using Census geography, not a commuting or cost-of-living adjustment.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for General and Operations Managers, read alongside Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub, are Scientific Research and Development Services at $200,730 per year (NAICS 541700); Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing at $180,220 per year (NAICS 334100); Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation at $178,950 per year (NAICS 483100). Those Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub median was $100,250 per year in May 2024, compared with $99,510 in May 2025, a published difference of -$740. That Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $100,250 and $99,510 Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $99,510 per year for Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub, separate on-call duties, overtime, travel reimbursement, tool replacement and any truck allowance separately; prevailing wage and union requirements must be checked against the actual assignment. The Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub is broader: BLS groups Field Operations Manager within General and Operations Managers; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub opening, the work checks include Multi-branch, P&L, dispatch and fleet oversight; ask for evidence of that scope instead of using a percentile as a substitute for qualification. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Field Operations Manager reference on the Lafayette, LA hub buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

To read the Lafayette, LA hub without double-counting, start with the SOC beside each niche title: several Lafayette, LA search titles can lead to one occupation and therefore one set of wages. The Lafayette, LA narrative above uses General and Operations Managers because it has the largest released employment estimate among the mapped occupations, not because it represents all skilled trades. Follow the other Lafayette, LA rows to their own occupation tables before making an offer for a different seat.

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