Kennel Attendant Salary in Louisiana

Louisiana trails the national figures at every percentile, and the size of the gap moves across the distribution.

The 10th percentile is $21,600 against $27,250 nationally — $5,650, or 21%, lower.

The widest gap in percentage terms is at the 25th percentile: $22,840 against $29,820, 23% lower.

At the median the gap is $7,450, or 21%.

It narrows to the smallest percentage gap, 17%, at the 75th percentile — $33,370 against $40,050 — then widens in dollars to $10,060 at the 90th, $40,000 against $50,060.

For benchmarking, the national median of $35,360 sits above the Louisiana 75th percentile of $33,370.

Half of Louisiana's animal caretakers earned between $22,840 and $33,370 — a band $10,530 wide, slightly wider than the national $10,230 despite the lower pay level.

The full 10th-to-90th span is $18,400, against $22,810 nationally, and the narrowing is not even.

The floor bunches: $1,240 separates the 10th and 25th percentiles, less than half the national $2,570.

The segment from the median to the 75th percentile is the one place the state stretches wider than national, $5,460 against $4,690.

The ceiling compresses the most in dollar terms: $6,630 separates the 75th and 90th percentiles, against $10,010 nationally.

The median sits near the middle of the band, $5,070 above the 25th percentile and $5,460 below the 75th.

OEWS does not publish why a distribution has this shape, and this row spans every industry, so this page does not assign it a cause.

The Louisiana hourly median is $13.42, against $17.00 nationally — a $3.58 gap, or 21%, matching the annual median's position.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so it is the figure to hold an hourly posting against.

Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.

BLS estimates 2,660 animal caretakers were employed in Louisiana, 31st among the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.

The estimate counts people in jobs across all industries during the survey period; it is not a count of openings, and it says nothing about how many openings exist.

BLS publishes no state count of how many of these jobs are in veterinary settings.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Louisiana have a median of $35,530 — $7,620, or 27%, more than the all-industry animal caretaker median on this page, 1.3 times as much.

The comparison sets a veterinary occupation against one that spans all industries, so it is context for someone weighing a move into technician work, not a measure of what veterinary kennel work pays.