How much do boilermakers make an hour in Lafayette, LA?

The median hourly wage is $34.00. The middle half earn between $34.00 and $34.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice boilermakers make in Lafayette, LA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $31.07 an hour ($64,630 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $34.00.

How much does a journeyman boilermaker make in Lafayette, LA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $70,720 a year ($34.00 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $70,720–$76,990.

Do boilermakers make more in Lafayette or New Orleans?

New Orleans pays more: the median is $70,720 in Lafayette and $77,290 in New Orleans, a 9% difference.

How does Lafayette pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?

The Lafayette median of $70,720 is 4% less than the Louisiana median of $73,980.

Boilermaker salary in Lafayette, LA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Boilermakers in the Lafayette, LA area earn a median of $70,720 a year, or $34.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,990 a year. Across all of Louisiana, the median is $73,980, so Lafayette pays 4% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$70,720

Bottom 10% under$64,630Top 10% over$76,990

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $31.07/hr
Jobs in this area: 110
After cost of living: $81,090
Median hourly pay: $34.00/hr
vs U.S. median: −7%
vs Louisiana median: −4%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 29180, Lafayette, LA). Excludes self-employed boilermakers. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Apprentice, journeyman and top boilermaker pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$64,630–$70,720$31.07–$34.00/hr
Journeyman	$70,720$34.00/hr
Top earners	$70,720–$76,990$34.00–$37.02/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Lafayette, LA compares

Lafayette has the lowest boilermaker median of the 3 Louisiana metro areas with published pay.
Boilermakers are more concentrated in the Lafayette area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 9.1 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $76,990, is 1.2 times the 10th-percentile wage, $64,630: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Louisiana metro areas

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Questions

How much do boilermakers make in Lafayette, LA?: Boilermakers in the Lafayette, LA area earn a median of $70,720 a year, or $34.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,990 a year.
How much do boilermakers make an hour in Lafayette, LA?: The median hourly wage is $34.00. The middle half earn between $34.00 and $34.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice boilermakers make in Lafayette, LA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $31.07 an hour ($64,630 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $34.00.
How much does a journeyman boilermaker make in Lafayette, LA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $70,720 a year ($34.00 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $70,720–$76,990.
Do boilermakers make more in Lafayette or New Orleans?: New Orleans pays more: the median is $70,720 in Lafayette and $77,290 in New Orleans, a 9% difference.
How does Lafayette pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?: The Lafayette median of $70,720 is 4% less than the Louisiana median of $73,980.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2011 (Boilermakers), area code 29180 (Lafayette, LA). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed boilermakers and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (87.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures