A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Louisiana was 88.2, or 11.8% below the national price level. Its housing index was 63.1.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Foresters 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 19-1032 and BLS area 22.
Questions, answered
Foresters pay in Louisiana: common questions
What is the median wage for Foresters in Louisiana?
BLS did not publish a median for Foresters in Louisiana in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Foresters pay higher in Louisiana than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Louisiana with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Louisiana?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Foresters jobs does BLS estimate in Louisiana?
BLS published an employment estimate of 130 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
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BLS did not publish an exact median for Foresters in Louisiana in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 19-1032 and BLS area 22.
BLS lists 130 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Louisiana's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 19-1032 and area 22. SOC 19-1032 names Foresters. Area 22 names Louisiana. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 19-1032/22 row reports 130 wage and salary jobs, 0.07 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.04 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 19-1032/22, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
19-1032/22 10th percentile: Not published.
19-1032/22 25th percentile: Not published.
19-1032/22 median: Not published.
19-1032/22 75th percentile: Not published.
19-1032/22 90th percentile: Not published.
19-1032/22 employment RSE: 33%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
19-1032/22 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
Area 22 reports 1,934,900 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $56,600. Its annual median is $45,520. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.2%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 19-1032 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Louisiana runs from $22,710 at the 10th percentile to $100,110 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $30,350. The median is $45,520. The 75th percentile is $66,340. This is a place check, not a pay range for Foresters.
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 22. They do not show related skills or a path into Foresters.
1. Area 22, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 49,570 jobs, $29,490 annual median, 25.62 jobs per 1,000, and 1.02 location quotient.
2. Area 22, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 48,970 jobs, $80,230 annual median, 25.31 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
3. Area 22, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 46,350 jobs, $26,750 annual median, 23.95 jobs per 1,000, and 1.21 location quotient.
4. Area 22, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 45,720 jobs, $22,800 annual median, 23.63 jobs per 1,000, and 0.95 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Louisiana wage ladder for Foresters
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
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 Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Louisiana has a annual median of Not published. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $76,400 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Louisiana. Louisiana cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. 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.
Louisiana has no exact published median that can enter this Foresters pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other states and territories may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Louisiana without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 19-1032. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Foresters medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 19-1032, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. California has the highest published median in this set, at $107,120 per year. Louisiana sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Foresters 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. California has a Foresters median of $107,120 per year, or not available. BLS lists 820 jobs there, compared with 130 in Louisiana. The location quotient is 0.67.
2. Massachusetts has a Foresters median of $89,650 per year, or not available. BLS lists 130 jobs there, compared with 130 in Louisiana. The location quotient is 0.54.
3. Alaska has a Foresters median of $87,210 per year, or not available. BLS lists 80 jobs there, compared with 130 in Louisiana. The location quotient is 3.85.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Foresters jobs
Washington has the largest published state job estimate for Foresters in this same-source set, at 950 jobs. Louisiana has 130. 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. Washington has 950 estimated Foresters jobs, a gap of 820 jobs from Louisiana. Its median is $78,460 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 4.
2. California has 820 estimated Foresters jobs, a gap of 690 jobs from Louisiana. Its median is $107,120 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.67.
3. Oregon has 670 estimated Foresters jobs, a gap of 540 jobs from Louisiana. Its median is $81,450 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 5.06.
Local-share leaders
Where Foresters takes the largest share of local jobs
Montana has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 6.95. Louisiana has 1.04. 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 Foresters 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. Montana has a location quotient of 6.95, a gap of 5.91 from Louisiana. BLS lists 240 Foresters jobs and a median of $67,200 per year, or not available.
2. Oregon has a location quotient of 5.06, a gap of 4.02 from Louisiana. BLS lists 670 Foresters jobs and a median of $81,450 per year, or not available.
3. Idaho has a location quotient of 4.92, a gap of 3.88 from Louisiana. BLS lists 280 Foresters jobs and a median of $65,170 per year, or not available.
4. Vermont has a location quotient of 4.09, a gap of 3.05 from Louisiana. BLS lists 80 Foresters jobs and a median of $80,750 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Foresters is in Louisiana
BLS lists 130 Foresters jobs in Louisiana. It also lists 0.07 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 1.04. A value of 1 means Foresters has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is the same 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 Louisiana is $45,520 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Foresters median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Louisiana still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Foresters from another role's number.
Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Louisiana table, at 49,570 jobs. Foresters has 130 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 1,934,900. 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 Foresters's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Retail Salespersons has 49,570 jobs in Louisiana, a gap of 49,440 from Foresters. Its median is $29,490 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.02.
2. Registered Nurses has 48,970 jobs in Louisiana, a gap of 48,840 from Foresters. Its median is $80,230 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.16.
3. Cashiers has 46,350 jobs in Louisiana, a gap of 46,220 from Foresters. Its median is $26,750 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.21.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Louisiana
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Louisiana role table, at $101,790 per year. Foresters has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $45,520 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 $101,790 per year in Louisiana, or not available. BLS lists 43,220 jobs, compared with 130 for Foresters. Its location quotient is 0.99.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $80,230 per year in Louisiana, or not available. BLS lists 48,970 jobs, compared with 130 for Foresters. Its location quotient is 1.16.
3. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $63,290 per year in Louisiana, or not available. BLS lists 19,120 jobs, compared with 130 for Foresters. Its location quotient is 1.24.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Louisiana
Food Preparation Workers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Louisiana role table, at 2.78. Foresters has 1.04. 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 Foresters with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 2.78 in Louisiana, a gap of 1.74 from Foresters. BLS lists 30,920 jobs and a median of $23,620 per year, or not available.
2. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 2.18 in Louisiana, a gap of 1.14 from Foresters. BLS lists 17,600 jobs and a median of $57,470 per year, or not available.
3. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.62 in Louisiana, a gap of 0.58 from Foresters. BLS lists 22,100 jobs and a median of $38,230 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Louisiana
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Foresters in Louisiana because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 88.2 for Louisiana. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 19-1032.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Foresters row is 33%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. 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 130 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published 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 Foresters. It uses a Louisiana 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. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the Not published 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 Foresters row for Louisiana 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 130 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.04 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 88.2 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 19-1032 in BLS area 22. 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.
5. Area 22, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 45,060 jobs, $22,520 annual median, 23.29 jobs per 1,000, and 0.84 location quotient.
6. Area 22, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 43,730 jobs, $35,340 annual median, 22.6 jobs per 1,000, and 1.19 location quotient.
4. South Carolina has a Foresters median of $86,780 per year, or not available. BLS lists 250 jobs there, compared with 130 in Louisiana. The location quotient is 1.61.
5. Maryland has a Foresters median of $86,100 per year, or not available. BLS lists 120 jobs there, compared with 130 in Louisiana. The location quotient is 0.63.
6. Connecticut has a Foresters median of $84,820 per year, or not available. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 130 in Louisiana. The location quotient is 0.53.
7. Iowa has a Foresters median of $83,000 per year, or not available. BLS lists 50 jobs there, compared with 130 in Louisiana. The location quotient is 0.51.
8. Illinois has a Foresters median of $82,160 per year, or not available. BLS lists 220 jobs there, compared with 130 in Louisiana. The location quotient is 0.55.
4. Wisconsin has 570 estimated Foresters jobs, a gap of 440 jobs from Louisiana. Its median is $66,010 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.89.
5. Minnesota has 390 estimated Foresters jobs, a gap of 260 jobs from Louisiana. Its median is $76,490 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.97.
6. Florida has 380 estimated Foresters jobs, a gap of 250 jobs from Louisiana. Its median is $64,130 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.57.
7. Georgia has 370 estimated Foresters jobs, a gap of 240 jobs from Louisiana. Its median is $76,970 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
8. Michigan has 340 estimated Foresters jobs, a gap of 210 jobs from Louisiana. Its median is $75,920 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.15.
5. Washington has a location quotient of 4, a gap of 2.96 from Louisiana. BLS lists 950 Foresters jobs and a median of $78,460 per year, or not available.
6. South Dakota has a location quotient of 3.89, a gap of 2.85 from Louisiana. BLS lists 120 Foresters jobs and a median of $64,460 per year, or not available.
7. Alaska has a location quotient of 3.85, a gap of 2.81 from Louisiana. BLS lists 80 Foresters jobs and a median of $87,210 per year, or not available.
8. Wyoming has a location quotient of 3.09, a gap of 2.05 from Louisiana. BLS lists 60 Foresters jobs and a median of $68,180 per year, or not available.
4. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 45,720 jobs in Louisiana, a gap of 45,590 from Foresters. Its median is $22,800 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.95.
5. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 45,060 jobs in Louisiana, a gap of 44,930 from Foresters. Its median is $22,520 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.84.
6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 43,730 jobs in Louisiana, a gap of 43,600 from Foresters. Its median is $35,340 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.19.
7. General and Operations Managers has 43,220 jobs in Louisiana, a gap of 43,090 from Foresters. Its median is $101,790 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.99.
8. Waiters and Waitresses has 33,870 jobs in Louisiana, a gap of 33,740 from Foresters. Its median is $15,080 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.2.
4. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $63,220 per year in Louisiana, or not available. BLS lists 17,010 jobs, compared with 130 for Foresters. Its location quotient is 1.26.
5. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $59,850 per year in Louisiana, or not available. BLS lists 15,210 jobs, compared with 130 for Foresters. Its location quotient is 1.15.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $58,770 per year in Louisiana, or not available. BLS lists 22,060 jobs, compared with 130 for Foresters. Its location quotient is 1.28.
7. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $57,470 per year in Louisiana, or not available. BLS lists 17,600 jobs, compared with 130 for Foresters. Its location quotient is 2.18.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $57,180 per year in Louisiana, or not available. BLS lists 20,810 jobs, compared with 130 for Foresters. Its location quotient is 1.16.
4. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 1.32 in Louisiana, a gap of 0.28 from Foresters. BLS lists 28,040 jobs and a median of $38,790 per year, or not available.
5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a location quotient of 1.28 in Louisiana, a gap of 0.24 from Foresters. BLS lists 22,060 jobs and a median of $58,770 per year, or not available.
6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 1.26 in Louisiana, a gap of 0.22 from Foresters. BLS lists 17,010 jobs and a median of $63,220 per year, or not available.
7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.24 in Louisiana, a gap of 0.20 from Foresters. BLS lists 19,120 jobs and a median of $63,290 per year, or not available.
8. Cashiers has a location quotient of 1.21 in Louisiana, a gap of 0.17 from Foresters. BLS lists 46,350 jobs and a median of $26,750 per year, or not available.
Precise employer-title matches for Foresters in Louisiana
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Louisiana place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
