Salary guide, May 2025

Senior Reliability Engineer pay in New Orleans-Metairie, LA

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The median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA was $77,640 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025). The middle half of workers earned between $60,740 and $103,940.

The New Orleans-Metairie, LA median is $2,220 below the national median of $79,860, both from BLS May 2025.

Broader occupation · SOC 49-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Senior Reliability Engineer is shown within the broader published occupation. BLS does not separate this plant-specific title, seniority, shift, process or credential. Compare the duties with the SOC definition before using the range.

What should you know about new Orleans-Metairie, LA?

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA: median $77,640; published 25th to 75th percentile $60,740 to $103,940.

Annual wage percentiles, New Orleans-Metairie, LA
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$49,000	$60,740	$77,640	$103,940	$131,720

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA: median $37.33; published 25th to 75th percentile $29.20 to $49.97.

Hourly wage percentiles, New Orleans-Metairie, LA
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$23.56	$29.20	$37.33	$49.97	$63.33

BLS estimated 2,180 workers employed in this occupation in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. Location quotient: 1.23.

What should you know about united States?

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in U.S.: median $79,860; published 25th to 75th percentile $62,690 to $101,360.

Annual wage percentiles, U.S.
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$49,600	$62,690	$79,860	$101,360	$126,790

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in U.S.: median $38.39; published 25th to 75th percentile $30.14 to $48.73.

Hourly wage percentiles, U.S.
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$23.85	$30.14	$38.39	$48.73	$60.96

What should you know about role pay against all occupations here?

The published Senior Reliability Engineer median is $77,640. The all-occupations median in New Orleans-Metairie, LA is $47,290. Ratio: 1.64 (role median divided by all-occupations median, same units, BLS May 2025). Location quotient 1.23 measures how concentrated this occupation's employment is here against the nation. It is not a wage index.

What should you know about two BLS releases?

Senior Reliability Engineer in New Orleans-Metairie, LA, annual wages, May 2024 and May 2025
Release period	25th	Median	75th
May 2024	$59,650	$75,620	$98,940
May 2025	$60,740	$77,640	$103,940

These are two separate BLS estimates from different survey panels. The workers and employers behind them differ, so the gap is not like-for-like pay for the same workers and is not a growth rate. We show no percentage change.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 49-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers, New Orleans-Metairie, LA. Official occupation data · Official area tables. Released 2026-05-15.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 49-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers, U.S.. Official occupation data · Official area tables. Released 2026-05-15.

What should you know about nearby areas?

Nearby areas, Senior Reliability Engineer
Area	Median	25th to 75th
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	$68,620	$58,660 to $94,170
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	$73,150	$56,650 to $93,660

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