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Lake Charles, LA

Lake Charles, LA rolls up 7 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $71,698 median H-1B wage; Educational Services currently leads the local roster.

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7
Employers
$71,698
Median H-1B wage
40
H-1B filings

Lake Charles, LA: 7 tracked employers at a $71,698 median H-1B wage across 40 LCAs; Educational Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Lake Charles, LA (LA), PlainEmployers rolls up 7 employers at a $71,698 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 7 employers
  • $71,698 median H-1B
  • 40 H-1B LCAs

Where Lake Charles, LA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$71,698 Top 92% higher than 8% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). This entry sits in this band. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Lake Charles, LA $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Lake Charles, LA (7 employers) sits beside Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA, Lafayette, LA in LA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Lake Charles, LA ranks #1289 of 6906 by employer count (about the 79th percentile).

Baton Rouge, LA 62 New Orleans, LA 45 Lafayette, LA 27 Shreveport, LA 16 Alexandria, LA 13 Monroe, LA 8
Top industries Educational ServicesManufacturingConstructionProfessional & Technical Services

What the data says about Lake Charles, LA

Corpus placement: Lake Charles, LA ranks #1289 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 79th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Educational Services leads with 2 of 7 tracked employers (~29%); next sectors in the mix are Construction and Manufacturing. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Calcasieu Parish School Board, PVR Technologies, Inc., and Johnson Brothers Corporation, a Southland Company (28 filings combined, ~70% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Lake Charles, LA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings.

Headline sponsors: Calcasieu Parish School Board, PVR Technologies, Inc., and Johnson Brothers Corporation, a Southland Company, together 28 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are currently mapped to employers with a worksite in Lake Charles, LA in this corpus, a cleaner local stability read than metros where large sponsors have filed reductions.

Within LA, Lake Charles, LA is smaller than peers such as Baton Rouge, LA (62 employers); New Orleans, LA (45 employers); Lafayette, LA (27 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

Employer mix in Lake Charles, LA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Educational Services leads Lake Charles, LA at ~29% of employers, with 3 other sectors still material in the mix.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Lake Charles, LA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Calcasieu Parish School BoardEducational Services11$55,761
2PVR Technologies, Inc.Professional & Technical Services9$112,112
3Johnson Brothers Corporation, a Southland CompanyConstruction8$80,325
4AAA United States, Inc.Manufacturing5$73,603
5McNeese State UniversityEducational Services3$58,744
6Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association2$196,789
7CHRISTUS Health Southwestern LA2$57,880
Sources, citation, and related links for Lake Charles, LA

Disclaimer: The Lake Charles, LA overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Lake Charles, LA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.