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Career Information for Automotive Mechanics in Louisiana

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Fast Facts for Automotive Mechanics in Louisiana

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Monroe, Alexandria, and Lafayette
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Houma, Shreveport, and Lake Charles
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette

Salaries for Automotive Mechanics in Louisiana

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Houma, Lafayette, and Shreveport. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Automotive Mechanics in Louisiana are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Automotive Mechanics in Louisiana

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Auto Mechanics
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Auto Mechanics
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Automotive Mechanics

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Louisiana. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Automotive Mechanics

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Automotive Mechanics relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

LOUISIANA

   
Monroe380$34,8801.1
Alexandria260$28,1101
Lafayette670$38,2901
Baton Rouge1,750$34,1501
New Orleans2,250$34,6200.9
Lake Charles340$33,1000.9
Shreveport590$36,0400.7
Houma290$38,4600.7
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