Metro area · LA

New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, LA spreads H-1B hiring across 7+ sectors (45 employers, $92,383 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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45
Employers
$92,383
Median H-1B wage
617
H-1B filings

New Orleans, LA: 45 tracked employers at a $92,383 median H-1B wage across 617 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 New Orleans, LA (LA), PlainEmployers rolls up 45 employers at a $92,383 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 45 employers
  • $92,383 median H-1B
  • 617 H-1B LCAs
  • 1 WARN employers

Where New Orleans, LA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

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

$92,383 Top 78% higher than 22% 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%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $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. New Orleans, 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

New Orleans, LA (45 employers) sits beside Baton Rouge, LA, Lafayette, LA, Shreveport, 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, New Orleans, LA ranks #266 of 6906 by employer count (about the 96th percentile).

Baton Rouge, LA 62 Lafayette, LA 27 Shreveport, LA 16 Alexandria, LA 13 Monroe, LA 8 Lake Charles, LA 7

What the data says about New Orleans, LA

Corpus placement: New Orleans, LA ranks #266 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 96th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Educational Services leads with 10 of 45 tracked employers (~22%); next sectors in the mix are Professional & Technical Services and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, and Cardinal Health (280 filings combined, ~45% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for New Orleans, LA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.

New Orleans, LA reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Educational Services) is only ~22% of tracked employers across 7 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Same-state context for New Orleans, LA: Baton Rouge, LA (62 employers); Lafayette, LA (27 employers); Shreveport, LA (16 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

Employer mix in New Orleans, LA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows New Orleans, LA has no runaway sector: Educational Services leads at only ~22% across 7 named industries.

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

Top employers in New Orleans, LA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Ochsner Clinic FoundationAccommodation & Food Services121$228,250
2Administrators of the Tulane Educational FundEducational Services87$72,450
3Cardinal HealthRetail Trade72$115,859
4Louisiana Children's Medical Center70$68,432
5DXC Technology Services LLCProfessional & Technical Services52$133,667
6Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New OrleansEducational Services33$92,642
7Entergy Services, LLCTransportation & Warehousing23$132,621
8Bard CollegeEducational Services14$90,835
9Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Inc.Information & Media12$145,100
10Lycee Francais Nouvelle OrleansEducational Services11$65,367
11Bridge Flair LLCProfessional & Technical Services11$101,119
12Applications Software Technology LLCProfessional & Technical Services10$112,016
13University of New OrleansEducational Services9$67,600
14Cint USA, Inc.Professional & Technical Services8$160,514
15Xavier University of LouisianaEducational Services6$61,741
16Moffatt & Nichol5$111,405
17Loyola University New OrleansEducational Services4$54,630
18PMR LA Holding, LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance3$225,846
19Pentagram Design, Inc.Professional & Technical Services3$100,000
20Cabrini High School, Inc.Educational Services2$48,714
21Children's HospitalHealthcare & Social Assistance2$104,000
22Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans, Inc.Educational Services2$82,942
23TAI Engineers, LLCProfessional & Technical Services2$91,000
24Royal Engineers & Consultants, LLC2$120,000
25Morris Jeff Community School2$48,820

PlainEmployers renders New Orleans, LA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, 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.