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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Facilities Managers Salary in Lafayette, LA

Facilities Managers in Lafayette, LA earn a median annual salary of $89,150, which is -14.8% compared to the national median. There are 30 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Lafayette, LA (metro area).

$89,150
Lafayette, LA median annual wage
$43/hour median
-14.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $104,690
30
Local employment
0.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.21
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$55,290
25th
$57,920
Median
$89,150
75th
$106,940
90th
$135,430

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Lafayette, LA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
87.2%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$102,226
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 71.2%
Rents: 58.8%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Lafayette, LA

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$209,9401.80
General Internal Medicine Physicians$180,9605.31
Dentists, General$161,2500.93
Sales Engineers$154,0100.77
Architectural And Engineering Managers$141,3400.31
Computer And Information Systems Managers$130,9300.17
Pharmacists$129,3101.20
Physician Assistants$126,1400.58

Lafayette, LA has salary data for 337 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Facilities Managers in Lafayette, LA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Facilities Managers are projected to change by +3.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 13,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.