BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Lafayette, LA was 87.2, or 12.8% below the national price level. Its housing index was 58.8.
National-price-dollar proxy
$36,418
WageScope divides the published File Clerks median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 43-4071 and BLS area 29180.
Questions, answered
File Clerks pay in Lafayette, LA: common questions
What is the median wage for File Clerks in Lafayette, LA?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $31,760 per year for File Clerks in Lafayette, LA. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is File Clerks pay higher in Lafayette, LA than nationally?
Lafayette, LA's published median was 27.2% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Lafayette, LA?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 87.2 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many File Clerks jobs does BLS estimate in Lafayette, LA?
BLS published an employment estimate of 40 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
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Lafayette, LA was 27.2% below the U.S. median for File Clerks. It ranked 241 of 252 metro areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the File Clerks median in Lafayette, LA at $31,760 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 43-4071 and BLS area 29180.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $32,130 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Lafayette, LA's File Clerks median is 27.2% below the U.S. File Clerks median of $43,600 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-4071 and area 29180. SOC 43-4071 names File Clerks. Area 29180 names Lafayette, LA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 43-4071/29180 row reports 40 wage and salary jobs, 0.23 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.48 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 43-4071/29180, the annual median is $31,760 per year, while the matching mean is $32,130 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
Area 29180 reports 179,570 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $52,120. Its annual median is $41,780. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-4071 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Lafayette, LA runs from $22,020 at the 10th percentile to $91,330 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $29,130. The median is $41,780. The 75th percentile is $61,300. This is a place check, not a pay range for File Clerks.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 29180. They do not show related skills or a path into File Clerks.
1. Area 29180, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 5,200 jobs, $21,400 annual median, 28.98 jobs per 1,000, and 1.05 location quotient.
2. Area 29180, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 5,010 jobs, $28,600 annual median, 27.88 jobs per 1,000, and 1.11 location quotient.
3. Area 29180, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 4,930 jobs, $81,960 annual median, 27.43 jobs per 1,000, and 1.26 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Lafayette, LA wage ladder for File Clerks
The 10th percentile is $22,780 per year. The 25th percentile is $27,110 per year. The median is $31,760 per year. The 75th percentile is $38,100 per year. The 90th percentile is $41,130 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $27,110 per year to $38,100 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $18,350. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Lafayette, LA has a annual median of $31,760 per year. Louisiana has $32,200 per year. The U.S. row has $43,600 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Lafayette, LA is 1.4% below Louisiana on the same published median. Lafayette, LA is 27.2% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Lafayette, LA ranks 241 of 252 among metro areas with a published annual median for File Clerks. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 241 of 252 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
238. Jackson, MS has a File Clerks median of $32,960 per year, 140 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.1.
239. New Orleans-Metairie, LA has a File Clerks median of $32,740 per year, 190 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.9.
240. Baton Rouge, LA has a File Clerks median of $32,160 per year, 110 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.54.
242. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS has a File Clerks median of $31,740 per year, 90 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.27.
Pay leaders
Where File Clerks medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 43-4071, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $60,840 per year. Lafayette, LA sits at $31,760 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common File Clerks is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a File Clerks median of $60,840 per year, or $29,080 above Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 540 jobs there, compared with 40 in Lafayette, LA. The location quotient is 1.01.
2. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a File Clerks median of $60,530 per year, or $28,770 above Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 40 in Lafayette, LA. The location quotient is 1.38.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most File Clerks jobs
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has the largest published metro job estimate for File Clerks in this same-source set, at 3,930 jobs. Lafayette, LA has 40. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 3,930 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 3,890 jobs from Lafayette, LA. Its median is $48,450 per year, or $16,690 above Lafayette, LA. Its location quotient is 1.33.
2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 3,260 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 3,220 jobs from Lafayette, LA. Its median is $44,710 per year, or $12,950 above Lafayette, LA. Its location quotient is 0.73.
Local-share leaders
Where File Clerks takes the largest share of local jobs
Laredo, TX has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 4.57. Lafayette, LA has 0.48. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where File Clerks is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Laredo, TX has a location quotient of 4.57, a gap of 4.09 from Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 240 File Clerks jobs and a median of $34,270 per year, or $2,510 above Lafayette, LA.
2. Eagle Pass, TX has a location quotient of 4.16, a gap of 3.68 from Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 40 File Clerks jobs and a median of $35,770 per year, or $4,010 above Lafayette, LA.
3. Lawton, OK has a location quotient of 2.91, a gap of 2.43 from Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 60 File Clerks jobs and a median of $41,710 per year, or $9,950 above Lafayette, LA.
Job scale and share
How common File Clerks is in Lafayette, LA
BLS lists 40 File Clerks jobs in Lafayette, LA. It also lists 0.23 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.48. A value of 1 means File Clerks has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
The all-occupations median in Lafayette, LA is $41,780 per year. The File Clerks median is $31,760 per year. File Clerks is 24.0% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Lafayette, LA. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around File Clerks. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Lafayette, LA median of $31,310 per year. BLS lists 3,170 jobs and a location quotient of 0.97.
2. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Lafayette, LA median of $32,600 per year. BLS lists 4,500 jobs and a location quotient of 1.32.
3. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a Lafayette, LA median of $29,960 per year. BLS lists 1,990 jobs and a location quotient of 1.19.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Lafayette, LA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Lafayette, LA table, at 5,200 jobs. File Clerks has 40 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 179,570. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep File Clerks's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 5,200 jobs in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 5,160 from File Clerks. Its median is $21,400 per year, or $10,360 below File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.05.
2. Retail Salespersons has 5,010 jobs in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 4,970 from File Clerks. Its median is $28,600 per year, or $3,160 below File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.11.
3. Registered Nurses has 4,930 jobs in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 4,890 from File Clerks. Its median is $81,960 per year, or $50,200 above File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.26.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Lafayette, LA
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Lafayette, LA role table, at $99,510 per year. File Clerks has $31,760 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $41,780 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $99,510 per year in Lafayette, LA, or $67,750 above File Clerks. BLS lists 4,590 jobs, compared with 40 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.13.
2. Managers, All Other has a median of $88,370 per year in Lafayette, LA, or $56,610 above File Clerks. BLS lists 1,670 jobs, compared with 40 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 2.32.
3. Registered Nurses has a median of $81,960 per year in Lafayette, LA, or $50,200 above File Clerks. BLS lists 4,930 jobs, compared with 40 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.26.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Lafayette, LA
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Lafayette, LA role table, at 3.88. File Clerks has 0.48. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare File Clerks with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has a location quotient of 3.88 in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 3.40 from File Clerks. BLS lists 1,860 jobs and a median of $57,750 per year, or $25,990 above File Clerks.
2. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 3.16 in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 2.68 from File Clerks. BLS lists 3,260 jobs and a median of $22,920 per year, or $8,840 below File Clerks.
3. Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers has a location quotient of 2.84 in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 2.36 from File Clerks. BLS lists 1,960 jobs and a median of $37,110 per year, or $5,350 above File Clerks.
Price-level view
What $31,760 may mean after the Lafayette, LA price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Lafayette, LA is 87.2. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 12.8% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $31,760 File Clerks median by 87.2 divided by 100. The result is $36,418 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 58.8. Goods are 93.7. Utilities are 71.2. Other services are 95.7. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this File Clerks row is 38.2%. The mean-wage RSE is 5.8%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 40 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $32,130 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to File Clerks. It uses a Lafayette, LA place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Job cards can change without changing this guide. They do not count toward the 1,500-word content floor. A listing range does not replace the $31,760 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the File Clerks row for Lafayette, LA does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 40 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.48 is not a growth score. Rank 241 of 252 is not a place score. The 87.2 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 43-4071 in BLS area 29180. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 29180, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 4,590 jobs, $99,510 annual median, 25.54 jobs per 1,000, and 1.13 location quotient.
5. Area 29180, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 4,500 jobs, $32,600 annual median, 25.05 jobs per 1,000, and 1.32 location quotient.
6. Area 29180, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 4,480 jobs, $24,920 annual median, 24.98 jobs per 1,000, and 1.26 location quotient.
3. Salinas, CA has a File Clerks median of $59,040 per year, or $27,280 above Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 80 jobs there, compared with 40 in Lafayette, LA. The location quotient is 0.91.
4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has a File Clerks median of $58,320 per year, or $26,560 above Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 2,640 jobs there, compared with 40 in Lafayette, LA. The location quotient is 1.24.
5. Vallejo, CA has a File Clerks median of $56,750 per year, or $24,990 above Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 40 in Lafayette, LA. The location quotient is 0.9.
6. Napa, CA has a File Clerks median of $55,980 per year, or $24,220 above Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 40 jobs there, compared with 40 in Lafayette, LA. The location quotient is 1.07.
7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a File Clerks median of $54,910 per year, or $23,150 above Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 890 jobs there, compared with 40 in Lafayette, LA. The location quotient is 0.8.
8. Carson City, NV has a File Clerks median of $54,820 per year, or $23,060 above Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 40 jobs there, compared with 40 in Lafayette, LA. The location quotient is 2.79.
3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 3,170 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 3,130 jobs from Lafayette, LA. Its median is $42,850 per year, or $11,090 above Lafayette, LA. Its location quotient is 1.66.
4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 2,640 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 2,600 jobs from Lafayette, LA. Its median is $58,320 per year, or $26,560 above Lafayette, LA. Its location quotient is 1.24.
5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 2,580 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 2,540 jobs from Lafayette, LA. Its median is $41,400 per year, or $9,640 above Lafayette, LA. Its location quotient is 1.66.
6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 1,920 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 1,880 jobs from Lafayette, LA. Its median is $45,760 per year, or $14,000 above Lafayette, LA. Its location quotient is 1.44.
7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 1,700 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 1,660 jobs from Lafayette, LA. Its median is $43,270 per year, or $11,510 above Lafayette, LA. Its location quotient is 1.15.
8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 1,640 estimated File Clerks jobs, a gap of 1,600 jobs from Lafayette, LA. Its median is $46,700 per year, or $14,940 above Lafayette, LA. Its location quotient is 1.2.
4. Helena, MT has a location quotient of 2.87, a gap of 2.39 from Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 60 File Clerks jobs and a median of $39,980 per year, or $8,220 above Lafayette, LA.
5. Tallahassee, FL has a location quotient of 2.87, a gap of 2.39 from Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 250 File Clerks jobs and a median of $37,040 per year, or $5,280 above Lafayette, LA.
6. Carson City, NV has a location quotient of 2.79, a gap of 2.31 from Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 40 File Clerks jobs and a median of $54,820 per year, or $23,060 above Lafayette, LA.
7. Dover, DE has a location quotient of 2.77, a gap of 2.29 from Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 90 File Clerks jobs and a median of $39,940 per year, or $8,180 above Lafayette, LA.
8. Jackson, TN has a location quotient of 2.76, a gap of 2.28 from Lafayette, LA. BLS lists 110 File Clerks jobs and a median of $39,030 per year, or $7,270 above Lafayette, LA.
4. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Lafayette, LA median of $34,510 per year. BLS lists 4,240 jobs and a location quotient of 1.49.
5. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Lafayette, LA median of $28,600 per year. BLS lists 5,010 jobs and a location quotient of 1.11.
6. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Lafayette, LA median of $35,000 per year. BLS lists 1,570 jobs and a location quotient of 1.11.
7. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Lafayette, LA median of $28,460 per year. BLS lists 2,200 jobs and a location quotient of 0.86.
8. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Lafayette, LA median of $27,660 per year. BLS lists 1,430 jobs and a location quotient of 0.88.
4. General and Operations Managers has 4,590 jobs in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 4,550 from File Clerks. Its median is $99,510 per year, or $67,750 above File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.13.
5. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 4,500 jobs in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 4,460 from File Clerks. Its median is $32,600 per year, or $840 above File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.32.
6. Cashiers has 4,480 jobs in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 4,440 from File Clerks. Its median is $24,920 per year, or $6,840 below File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.26.
7. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 4,480 jobs in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 4,440 from File Clerks. Its median is $22,320 per year, or $9,440 below File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.01.
8. Office Clerks, General has 4,240 jobs in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 4,200 from File Clerks. Its median is $34,510 per year, or $2,750 above File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.49.
4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $62,800 per year in Lafayette, LA, or $31,040 above File Clerks. BLS lists 2,430 jobs, compared with 40 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.7.
5. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $61,270 per year in Lafayette, LA, or $29,510 above File Clerks. BLS lists 1,360 jobs, compared with 40 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.08.
6. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has a median of $57,750 per year in Lafayette, LA, or $25,990 above File Clerks. BLS lists 1,860 jobs, compared with 40 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 3.88.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $51,630 per year in Lafayette, LA, or $19,870 above File Clerks. BLS lists 1,830 jobs, compared with 40 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.1.
8. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $51,580 per year in Lafayette, LA, or $19,820 above File Clerks. BLS lists 2,100 jobs, compared with 40 for File Clerks. Its location quotient is 2.81.
4. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 2.81 in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 2.33 from File Clerks. BLS lists 2,100 jobs and a median of $51,580 per year, or $19,820 above File Clerks.
5. Managers, All Other has a location quotient of 2.32 in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 1.84 from File Clerks. BLS lists 1,670 jobs and a median of $88,370 per year, or $56,610 above File Clerks.
6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.7 in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 1.22 from File Clerks. BLS lists 2,430 jobs and a median of $62,800 per year, or $31,040 above File Clerks.
7. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.49 in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 1.01 from File Clerks. BLS lists 4,240 jobs and a median of $34,510 per year, or $2,750 above File Clerks.
8. Light Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.46 in Lafayette, LA, a gap of 0.98 from File Clerks. BLS lists 1,660 jobs and a median of $38,290 per year, or $6,530 above File Clerks.
