SOC 15-1252, wage year 2025-26

Software Developers prevailing wage in Louisiana

Short answer

In Louisiana, the median prevailing wage for software developers across its 13 areas is $36.48 an hour at Level 1 ($75,878 a year) and $61.57 an hour at Level 4 ($128,066 a year). The Level 2 median of $44.38 is 2% below the national median across areas ($45.35). Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area is the highest-paying area at $55.64 at Level 2, and Lafayette, LA the lowest at $40.03.

Every Louisiana area for software developers

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	$33.42	$55.64	$77.85	$100.07
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$37.79	$50.91	$64.03	$77.15
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	$36.71	$48.95	$61.20	$73.44
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	$33.25	$46.56	$59.88	$73.19
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	$37.43	$46.51	$55.59	$64.67
Lake Charles, LA	$37.79	$46.47	$55.15	$63.83
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area	$36.59	$44.38	$52.16	$59.95
Alexandria, LA	$36.48	$44.11	$51.74	$59.37
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	$36.51	$43.92	$51.34	$58.75
Hammond, LA	$35.77	$43.87	$51.98	$60.08
Monroe, LA	$32.89	$42.45	$52.01	$61.57
Baton Rouge, LA	$32.58	$40.82	$49.07	$57.31
Lafayette, LA	$32.65	$40.03	$47.41	$54.79

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval or a job opening.

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