How much do heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers make in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA?

What the Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median says in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA at $49,360 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 53-3032 and BLS area 43340.

BLS lists 3,060 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 $50,590 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA's Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is 15.8% below the U.S. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 53-3032 with area 43340

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 53-3032 and area 43340. SOC 53-3032 names Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Area 43340 names Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 53-3032/43340 row has 3,060 wage and salary jobs. There are 18.83 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.42. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 53-3032/43340, the annual median is $49,360 per year, while the matching mean is $50,590 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 53-3032/43340 10th percentile: $36,930 per year.
• 53-3032/43340 25th percentile: $44,320 per year.
• 53-3032/43340 median: $49,360 per year.
• 53-3032/43340 75th percentile: $57,850 per year.
• 53-3032/43340 90th percentile: $64,600 per year.
• 53-3032/43340 employment RSE: 5.3%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.4%.
• 53-3032/43340 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 43340 facts behind this Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers page

Area 43340 reports 162,750 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $54,580. Its annual median is $44,820. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 53-3032 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA runs from $22,570 at the 10th percentile to $97,010 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $30,110. The median is $44,820. The 75th percentile is $65,340. This is a place check, not a pay range for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

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 43340. They do not show related skills or a path into Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

• 1. Registered Nurses. Area: 43340. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 6,390. Yearly median: $80,080. Jobs per 1,000: 39.25. Location quotient: 1.81.
• 2. Retail Salespersons. Area: 43340. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 4,670. Yearly median: $28,990. Jobs per 1,000: 28.69. Location quotient: 1.14.
• 3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 43340. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 4,250. Yearly median: $34,970. Jobs per 1,000: 26.13. Location quotient: 1.38.
• 4. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 43340. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 4,150. Yearly median: $22,460. Jobs per 1,000: 25.5. Location quotient: 1.03.
• 5. Cashiers. Area: 43340. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 3,920. Yearly median: $25,760. Jobs per 1,000: 24.07. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 6. General and Operations Managers. Area: 43340. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 3,450. Yearly median: $98,610. Jobs per 1,000: 21.2. Location quotient: 0.94.

Read the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA wage ladder for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

The 10th percentile is $36,930 per year. The 25th percentile is $44,320 per year. The median is $49,360 per year. The 75th percentile is $57,850 per year. The 90th percentile is $64,600 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 $44,320 per year to $57,850 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $27,670. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Shreveport-Bossier City, LA with its state and the U.S.

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA has a annual median of $49,360 per year. Louisiana has $49,320 per year. The U.S. row has $58,640 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 0.1% above Louisiana on the same published median. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 15.8% 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 benchmarks, 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.

Where Shreveport-Bossier City, LA sits for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ranks 326 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual median for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 326 of 393 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.

• 323. Lafayette, LA. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $49,450 per year. BLS estimates 2,920 jobs. The location quotient is 1.23.
• 324. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $49,410 per year. BLS estimates 1,040 jobs. The location quotient is 0.8.
• 325. Midland, MI. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $49,380 per year. BLS estimates 280 jobs. The location quotient is 0.57.
• 327. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $49,300 per year. BLS estimates 1,460 jobs. The location quotient is 1.32.
• 328. El Paso, TX. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $49,270 per year. BLS estimates 7,850 jobs. The location quotient is 1.75.
• 329. Cleveland, TN. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $49,250 per year. BLS estimates 970 jobs. The location quotient is 1.7.

Where Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 53-3032, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Lincoln, NE has the highest published median in this set, at $81,790 per year. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA sits at $49,360 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 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 limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Lincoln, NE has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $81,790 per year, or $32,430 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 4,530 jobs there, compared with 3,060 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. The location quotient is 1.87.
• 2. Fairbanks-College, AK has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $76,560 per year, or $27,200 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 590 jobs there, compared with 3,060 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. The location quotient is 1.21.
• 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $71,240 per year, or $21,880 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 21,230 jobs there, compared with 3,060 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. The location quotient is 0.77.
• 4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $70,730 per year, or $21,370 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 5,360 jobs there, compared with 3,060 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. The location quotient is 0.36.
• 5. Morristown, TN has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $67,330 per year, or $17,970 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 1,470 jobs there, compared with 3,060 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. The location quotient is 2.34.
• 6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $66,450 per year, or $17,090 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 16,450 jobs there, compared with 3,060 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. The location quotient is 0.52.
• 7. Anchorage, AK has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $66,190 per year, or $16,830 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 1,620 jobs there, compared with 3,060 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. The location quotient is 0.69.
• 8. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $65,040 per year, or $15,680 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 65,100 jobs there, compared with 3,060 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. The location quotient is 0.52.

Where BLS counts the most Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in this same-source set, at 65,100 jobs. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA has 3,060. 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. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 65,100 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 62,040 jobs from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its median is $65,040 per year, or $15,680 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its location quotient is 0.52.
• 2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 62,210 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 59,150 jobs from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its median is $62,300 per year, or $12,940 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 61,270 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 58,210 jobs from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its median is $60,340 per year, or $10,980 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its location quotient is 0.74.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 55,670 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 52,610 jobs from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its median is $59,530 per year, or $10,170 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 49,750 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 46,690 jobs from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its median is $56,840 per year, or $7,480 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its location quotient is 1.14.
• 6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 41,830 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 38,770 jobs from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its median is $59,100 per year, or $9,740 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 7. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA has 40,230 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 37,170 jobs from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its median is $60,580 per year, or $11,220 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its location quotient is 1.77.
• 8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 32,220 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 29,160 jobs from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its median is $59,370 per year, or $10,010 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Its location quotient is 0.84.

Where Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers takes the largest share of local jobs

Laredo, TX has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.76. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA has 1.42. 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 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 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 3.76, a gap of 2.34 from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 5,460 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $49,010 per year, or $350 below Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
• 2. Joplin, MO-KS has a location quotient of 3, a gap of 1.58 from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 3,470 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $47,430 per year, or $1,930 below Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
• 3. Odessa, TX has a location quotient of 2.97, a gap of 1.55 from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 3,190 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,370 per year, or $9,010 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
• 4. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD has a location quotient of 2.84, a gap of 1.42 from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 2,820 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $51,540 per year, or $2,180 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
• 5. Midland, TX has a location quotient of 2.8, a gap of 1.38 from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 4,540 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,200 per year, or $8,840 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
• 6. Yuba City, CA has a location quotient of 2.64, a gap of 1.22 from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 1,790 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,230 per year, or $8,870 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
• 7. Stockton-Lodi, CA has a location quotient of 2.63, a gap of 1.21 from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 10,110 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $60,470 per year, or $11,110 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
• 8. Memphis, TN-MS-AR has a location quotient of 2.4, a gap of 0.98 from Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. BLS lists 19,460 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $63,070 per year, or $13,710 above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.

How common Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

BLS lists 3,060 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. It also lists 18.83 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 1.42. A value of 1 means Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher 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.

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers beside other roles in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

The all-occupations median in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is $44,820 per year. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $49,360 per year. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is 10.1% above 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 Shreveport-Bossier City, 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 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. 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. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Shreveport-Bossier City, LA median of $46,320 per year. BLS lists 2,110 jobs and a location quotient of 1.32.
• 2. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Shreveport-Bossier City, LA median of $53,100 per year. BLS lists 2,110 jobs and a location quotient of 1.41.
• 3. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Shreveport-Bossier City, LA median of $45,400 per year. BLS lists 1,900 jobs and a location quotient of 1.32.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Shreveport-Bossier City, LA median of $42,840 per year. BLS lists 1,450 jobs and a location quotient of 1.23.
• 5. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, SOC 29-2061, has a Shreveport-Bossier City, LA median of $58,340 per year. BLS lists 1,840 jobs and a location quotient of 2.71.
• 6. Light Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3033, has a Shreveport-Bossier City, LA median of $39,290 per year. BLS lists 1,360 jobs and a location quotient of 1.32.
• 7. Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers, SOC 33-3051, has a Shreveport-Bossier City, LA median of $60,130 per year. BLS lists 1,370 jobs and a location quotient of 1.95.
• 8. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Shreveport-Bossier City, LA median of $38,580 per year. BLS lists 2,200 jobs and a location quotient of 1.23.

The largest detailed roles in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Registered Nurses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Shreveport-Bossier City, LA table, at 6,390 jobs. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 3,060 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 162,750. 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 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Registered Nurses has 6,390 jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 3,330 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $80,080 per year, or $30,720 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.81.
• 2. Retail Salespersons has 4,670 jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 1,610 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $28,990 per year, or $20,370 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.14.
• 3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 4,250 jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 1,190 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $34,970 per year, or $14,390 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.38.
• 4. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 4,150 jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 1,090 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $22,460 per year, or $26,900 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.03.
• 5. Cashiers has 3,920 jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 860 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $25,760 per year, or $23,600 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 6. General and Operations Managers has 3,450 jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 390 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $98,610 per year, or $49,250 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.94.
• 7. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 3,100 jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 40 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $26,370 per year, or $22,990 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.34.
• 8. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 3,050 jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 10 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $22,220 per year, or $27,140 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.68.

Published role medians around Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Shreveport-Bossier City, LA role table, at $98,610 per year. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has $49,360 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $44,820 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 $98,610 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, or $49,250 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 3,450 jobs, compared with 3,060 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.94.
• 2. Registered Nurses has a median of $80,080 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, or $30,720 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 6,390 jobs, compared with 3,060 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.81.
• 3. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $70,420 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, or $21,060 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,250 jobs, compared with 3,060 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.82.
• 4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $61,850 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, or $12,490 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 2,280 jobs, compared with 3,060 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.57.
• 5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $61,150 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, or $11,790 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,680 jobs, compared with 3,060 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.29.
• 6. Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers has a median of $60,130 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, or $10,770 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,370 jobs, compared with 3,060 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.95.
• 7. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $58,340 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, or $8,980 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,840 jobs, compared with 3,060 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 2.71.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $53,100 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, or $3,740 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 2,110 jobs, compared with 3,060 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.41.

Roles with the largest local share in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Food Preparation Workers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Shreveport-Bossier City, LA role table, at 3.06. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 1.42. 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 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 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 3.06 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 1.64 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 2,860 jobs and a median of $22,980 per year, or $26,380 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 2. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 2.71 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 1.29 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,840 jobs and a median of $58,340 per year, or $8,980 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 3. Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers has a location quotient of 1.95 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 0.53 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,370 jobs and a median of $60,130 per year, or $10,770 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 4. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.81 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 0.39 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 6,390 jobs and a median of $80,080 per year, or $30,720 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a location quotient of 1.57 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 0.15 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 2,280 jobs and a median of $61,850 per year, or $12,490 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 6. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.54 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 0.12 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 2,330 jobs and a median of $32,160 per year, or $17,200 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 7. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 1.52 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 0.10 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,370 jobs and a median of $26,170 per year, or $23,190 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a location quotient of 1.41 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, a gap of 0.01 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 2,110 jobs and a median of $53,100 per year, or $3,740 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

What $49,360 may mean after the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 84.8. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 15.2% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $49,360 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median by 84.8 divided by 100. The result is $58,231 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 52.3. Goods are 93.7. Utilities are 72.6. 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.

How much care to use with the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA row

The employment RSE for this Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers row is 5.3%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.4%. 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 3,060 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $50,590 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.

Use Shreveport-Bossier City, LA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. It uses a Shreveport-Bossier City, 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. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $49,360 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 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers row for Shreveport-Bossier City, 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 3,060 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.42 is not a growth score. Rank 326 of 393 is not a place score. The 84.8 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 53-3032 in BLS area 43340. 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.