Pay and cost of living in Orleans Parish, LA
Orleans Parish, LA is part of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA labor market, and this page summarizes 8 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $29,385 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is General and Operations Managers at $105,110, and the lowest is Waiters and Waitresses at $16,640.
A one-bedroom apartment in Orleans Parish, LA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,229 a month and a two-bedroom $1,480. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,422 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $35,617 a year, and 7 of the 8 occupations listed here (88%) earn enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Orleans Parish, LA or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Orleans Parish, LA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Orleans Parish, LA, set beside the Louisiana and national medians.
Median household income in Orleans Parish, LA is $56,631, 7% below the Louisiana median of $60,756 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,748) equals 26.0% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $29,385, is 48% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Orleans Parish, LA pay a median of $2,606 a year in real estate taxes, 121% above the Louisiana median of $1,180. With a median home value of $315,700, 46% above the Louisiana median of $216,500, the ratio of the two medians is 0.83% a year.
Renters in Orleans Parish, LA pay a median gross rent of $1,251 a month in the Census survey, 18% above the Louisiana median of $1,064. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,229; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Orleans Parish, LA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.6 minutes each way, 12% below the Louisiana average of 25.7. 14.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.