Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage.

These are the Top 5!

#5. Software developers

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
– Annual mean salary: $89,120
– #390 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 180

National
– Annual mean salary: $120,990
– Employment: 1,364,180

#4. Architects, except landscape and naval

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
– Annual mean salary: $90,230
– #70 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50

National
– Annual mean salary: $91,900
– Employment: 100,400

#3. Industrial engineers

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
– Annual mean salary: $97,400
– #95 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60

National
– Annual mean salary: $95,200
– Employment: 293,950

#2. Chemical engineers

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
– Annual mean salary: $109,180
– #51 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40

National
– Annual mean salary: $121,840
– Employment: 24,180

#1. Database administrators

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
– Annual mean salary: $114,280
– #8 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 30

National
– Annual mean salary: $96,550
– Employment: 85,870