Shipfitter Salary in Louisiana

How much does a Shipfitter make in Louisiana?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Shipfitter in Louisiana is $46,708 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.

However, a Shipfitter's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $68,650
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $38,524 to $58,193
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $31,074

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Shipfitter Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$58,193	$4,849	$1,119	$28
Average	$46,708	$3,892	$898	$22
25th Percentile	$38,524	$3,210	$741	$19

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Key Factors That Influence Shipfitter Salaries

A Shipfitter's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how geographic location, and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Shipfitter Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Shipfitters. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $54,391.
California: $54,184.
Massachusetts: $53,462.

District of Columbia $54,391 California $54,184 Massachusetts $53,462 Washington $53,266 New Jersey $53,246 Alaska $53,177 Connecticut $52,499 New York $52,224

Hawaii $51,345 Rhode Island $50,932 Maryland $50,652 Minnesota $50,269 Colorado $50,122 Illinois $50,073 Oregon $49,886 Delaware $49,748

New Hampshire $49,662 Virginia $49,468 Pennsylvania $48,904 Nevada $48,619 North Dakota $48,525 Michigan $48,378 Wisconsin $48,324 Vermont $48,216

Texas $47,916 Maine $47,896 Arizona $47,867 Ohio $47,833 Georgia $47,381 Indiana $47,155 Wyoming $47,110 Utah $47,042

Iowa $47,012 Kansas $46,776 Louisiana $46,708 North Carolina $46,683 Missouri $46,673 Florida $46,482 Montana $46,379 Nebraska $46,280

Kentucky $46,226 South Carolina $46,030 Tennessee $45,907 Idaho $45,858 New Mexico $45,499 Oklahoma $45,421 Alabama $45,131 South Dakota $44,644

Arkansas $44,379 West Virginia $44,237 Mississippi $43,809

Top Paying Cities for Shipfitters

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Moreauville: $44,024
Morrow: $43,952
Newellton: $43,510

Moreauville, LA $44,024 Morrow, LA $43,952 Newellton, LA $43,510 Palmetto, LA $44,294 Pineville, LA $43,033 Plaucheville, LA $43,998 Rhinehart, LA $43,555 Ruby, LA $43,113

Saint Joseph, LA $43,552 Saint Landry, LA $43,557 Sicily Island, LA $43,570 Simmesport, LA $44,047 Trout, LA $43,325 Vidalia, LA $43,752 Waterproof, LA $43,547 Wildsville, LA $43,646

Wisner, LA $43,566 Aimwell, LA $43,491 Anacoco, LA $43,854 Atlanta, LA $43,623 Ball, LA $43,088 Belmont, LA $43,901 Bentley, LA $43,206 Boyce, LA $43,210

Calvin, LA $43,751 Campti, LA $43,823 Clarence, LA $43,875 Clarks, LA $43,588 Cloutierville, LA $43,602 Colfax, LA $43,279 Columbia, LA $43,439 Converse, LA $44,049

Dodson, LA $43,604 Dry Prong, LA $43,302 Elmer, LA $43,231 Enterprise, LA $43,485 Fisher, LA $43,922 Flatwoods, LA $43,450 Flora, LA $43,811 Florien, LA $43,806

Forest Hill, LA $43,179 Gardner, LA $43,207 Georgetown, LA $43,446 Glenmora, LA $43,306 Gorum, LA $43,618 Grayson, LA $43,444 Hineston, LA $43,450 Hornbeck, LA $43,854

Joyce, LA $43,506 Kelly, LA $43,464 Kurthwood, LA $43,825 Leesville, LA $43,826 Springfield, LA $45,423 Sun, LA $44,582 Talisheek, LA $44,714 Tangipahoa, LA $44,725

Tickfaw, LA $45,092 Varnado, LA $43,767 Lafayette, LA $44,399 Arcadia, LA $43,822 Ashland, LA $43,926 Athens, LA $43,932 Belcher, LA $44,843 Benton, LA $44,874

Bethany, LA $44,833 Bienville, LA $43,822 Blanchard, LA $45,039 Castor, LA $44,047 Cotton Valley, LA $44,561 Coushatta, LA $44,140 Cullen, LA $44,345 Doyline, LA $44,776

Dubberly, LA $44,502 Frierson, LA $44,835 Gibsland, LA $44,021 Gilliam, LA $44,700 Gloster, LA $44,737 Goldonna, LA $43,672 Grand Cane, LA $44,593 Greenwood, LA $44,894

Hall Summit, LA $44,439 Haughton, LA $44,899 Haynesville, LA $43,838 Heflin, LA $44,597 Homer, LA $43,866 Hosston, LA $44,585 Ida, LA $44,479 Jamestown, LA $44,371

Keatchie, LA $44,654 Keithville, LA $44,867 Lisbon, LA $43,625 Logansport, LA $44,408 Longstreet, LA $44,519 Elm Grove, LA $44,778 Mansfield, LA $44,460 Minden, LA $44,547

Mooringsport, LA $44,860 Oil City, LA $44,736 Pelican, LA $44,102 Plain Dealing, LA $44,572 Pleasant Hill, LA $43,980 Powhatan, LA $43,970 Princeton, LA $44,829 Ringgold, LA $44,525

Rodessa, LA $44,389 Saline, LA $43,765 Sarepta, LA $44,431 Shongaloo, LA $44,144 Sibley, LA $44,641 Springhill, LA $44,331 Stonewall, LA $44,890 Vivian, LA $44,605

Ruston, LA $43,612 Simsboro, LA $43,775 Prairieville, LA $46,265 Lacassine, LA $45,192 Leblanc, LA $44,770 Longville, LA $44,866 Merryville, LA $44,456 Mittie, LA $44,063

Oberlin, LA $44,055 Pitkin, LA $43,843 Ragley, LA $45,130 Reeves, LA $45,018 Rosepine, LA $44,079 Singer, LA $44,978 Starks, LA $45,273 Sugartown, LA $43,966

Sulphur, LA $45,402 Vinton, LA $45,432 Westlake, LA $45,502 Baker, LA $46,622 Denham Springs, LA $46,151 Gonzales, LA $46,032 Addis, LA $46,649 Albany, LA $45,437

Angola, LA $44,528 Batchelor, LA $44,790 Brittany, LA $46,027 Brusly, LA $46,633 Carville, LA $46,263 Clinton, LA $45,588 Convent, LA $45,549 Darrow, LA $45,860

Duplessis, LA $46,212 Erwinville, LA $46,403 Ethel, LA $45,878 Fordoche, LA $45,470 French Settlement, LA $45,915 Geismar, LA $46,104 Glynn, LA $46,289 Burnside, LA $46,093

Greenwell Springs, LA $46,290 Grosse Tete, LA $46,067 Hester, LA $45,365 Holden, LA $45,612 Innis, LA $44,493 Jackson, LA $45,809 Jarreau, LA $46,006 Krotz Springs, LA $44,598

Lakeland, LA $46,189 Lettsworth, LA $45,026 Livingston, LA $45,881 Livonia, LA $45,769 Lottie, LA $45,156 Maringouin, LA $45,711 Morganza, LA $45,354 New Roads, LA $45,735

Norwood, LA $45,277 Oscar, LA $46,061 Paulina, LA $45,445 Plaquemine, LA $46,232 Port Allen, LA $46,634 Hahnville, LA $46,264 Harvey, LA $46,821 Kenner, LA $46,820

Lafitte, LA $46,642 La Place, LA $46,116 Luling, LA $46,619 Lutcher, LA $45,535 Marrero, LA $46,821 Meraux, LA $46,821 Mount Airy, LA $45,683 New Sarpy, LA $46,500

Norco, LA $46,391 Paradis, LA $46,365 Pilottown, LA $44,413 Pointe A La Hache, LA $45,883 Port Sulphur, LA $45,849 Reserve, LA $45,881 Saint Bernard, LA $46,352 Saint James, LA $45,529

Saint Rose, LA $46,652 Vacherie, LA $45,582 Venice, LA $43,738 Violet, LA $46,821 Westwego, LA $46,821 New Orleans, LA $46,821 Sondheimer, LA $43,461 Summerfield, LA $43,572

Taylor, LA $44,371 Lena, LA $43,371 Pride, LA $46,230 Rosedale, LA $46,159 Rougon, LA $46,310 Saint Amant, LA $45,718 Saint Francisville, LA $45,510 Saint Gabriel, LA $46,391

Slaughter, LA $46,086 Sorrento, LA $45,741 Sunshine, LA $46,573 Tunica, LA $44,650 Ventress, LA $46,005 Wakefield, LA $45,451 Walker, LA $46,008 Watson, LA $46,300

Weyanoke, LA $45,060 White Castle, LA $45,977 Wilson, LA $45,432 Zachary, LA $46,395 Uncle Sam, LA $45,354 Baton Rouge, LA $46,659 Shreveport, LA $45,067 Barksdale Afb, LA $45,067

Bossier City, LA $45,067 Monroe, LA $43,490 Archibald, LA $43,467 Baskin, LA $43,471 Bastrop, LA $43,482 Bernice, LA $43,658 Bonita, LA $43,514 Calhoun, LA $43,479

Chatham, LA $43,461 Choudrant, LA $43,477 Collinston, LA $43,483 Crowville, LA $43,588 Delhi, LA $43,555 Delta, LA $43,686 Downsville, LA $43,482 Dubach, LA $43,731

Epps, LA $43,538 Eros, LA $43,464 Fairbanks, LA $43,490 Farmerville, LA $43,482 Forest, LA $43,708 Abbeville, LA $44,208 Arnaudville, LA $44,398 Avery Island, LA $44,370

Baldwin, LA $44,607 Basile, LA $44,190 Branch, LA $44,345 Breaux Bridge, LA $44,445 Broussard, LA $44,386 Cade, LA $44,377 Carencro, LA $44,392 Cecilia, LA $44,410

Centerville, LA $44,506 Charenton, LA $44,624 Chataignier, LA $44,192 Church Point, LA $44,337 Crowley, LA $44,289 Delcambre, LA $44,350 Duson, LA $44,370 Egan, LA $44,301

Elton, LA $44,247 Erath, LA $44,335 Estherwood, LA $44,289 Eunice, LA $44,179 Evangeline, LA $44,322 Franklin, LA $44,470 Garden City, LA $44,460 Grand Coteau, LA $44,370

Gueydan, LA $44,213 Iota, LA $44,293 Jeanerette, LA $44,530 Jennings, LA $44,489 Kaplan, LA $44,118 Lake Arthur, LA $44,832 Lawtell, LA $44,293 Leonville, LA $44,389

Loreauville, LA $44,598 Mamou, LA $44,029 Maurice, LA $44,352 Mermentau, LA $44,376 Milton, LA $44,369 Morse, LA $44,297 New Iberia, LA $44,389 Lydia, LA $44,437

Opelousas, LA $44,323 Perry, LA $44,317 Pine Prairie, LA $44,031 Port Barre, LA $44,477 Rayne, LA $44,349 Reddell, LA $44,098 Roanoke, LA $44,680 Saint Martinville, LA $44,433

Scott, LA $44,386 Sunset, LA $44,362 Turkey Creek, LA $43,507 Ville Platte, LA $43,941 Washington, LA $44,260 Welsh, LA $44,959 Youngsville, LA $44,369 Lake Charles, LA $45,499

Metairie, LA $46,821 Des Allemands, LA $46,268 Ama, LA $46,747 Arabi, LA $46,821 Barataria, LA $46,542 Belle Chasse, LA $46,655 Boothville, LA $44,656 Boutte, LA $46,493

Braithwaite, LA $46,617 Buras, LA $44,689 Chalmette, LA $46,821 Destrehan, LA $46,573 Edgard, LA $45,950 Empire, LA $44,996 Garyville, LA $45,686 Gramercy, LA $45,565

Gretna, LA $46,821 Bell City, LA $45,245 Cameron, LA $45,684 Creole, LA $44,642 Dequincy, LA $45,249 Deridder, LA $44,155 Dry Creek, LA $44,195 Elizabeth, LA $43,895

Evans, LA $43,818 Fenton, LA $45,082 Grand Chenier, LA $44,043 Grant, LA $43,940 Hackberry, LA $45,275 Hayes, LA $45,139 Iowa, LA $45,406 Kinder, LA $44,794

Thibodaux, LA $45,407 Pierre Part, LA $45,171 Amelia, LA $44,626 Belle Rose, LA $45,599 Berwick, LA $44,626 Bourg, LA $45,516 Chauvin, LA $44,921 Cut Off, LA $45,886

Donaldsonville, LA $45,824 Donner, LA $44,678 Dulac, LA $44,692 Galliano, LA $45,559 Gheens, LA $46,065 Gibson, LA $44,543 Golden Meadow, LA $44,944 Grand Isle, LA $44,936

Gray, LA $45,172 Houma, LA $44,950 Kraemer, LA $45,436 Labadieville, LA $44,800 Larose, LA $46,084 Lockport, LA $45,754 Mathews, LA $45,855 Montegut, LA $45,353

Morgan City, LA $44,765 Napoleonville, LA $45,073 Paincourtville, LA $45,489 Patterson, LA $44,534 Plattenville, LA $45,463 Raceland, LA $45,641 Schriever, LA $44,891 Theriot, LA $44,464

Hammond, LA $45,083 Abita Springs, LA $45,145 Akers, LA $45,640 Amite, LA $44,861 Angie, LA $43,874 Bogalusa, LA $44,420 Bush, LA $44,736 Covington, LA $45,636

Fluker, LA $44,762 Folsom, LA $44,915 Franklinton, LA $44,260 Greensburg, LA $45,252 Husser, LA $44,613 Independence, LA $45,112 Kentwood, LA $44,524 Lacombe, LA $45,437

Loranger, LA $44,831 Madisonville, LA $45,737 Mandeville, LA $45,832 Maurepas, LA $45,584 Mount Hermon, LA $43,934 Natalbany, LA $45,102 Pearl River, LA $44,730 Pine Grove, LA $45,728

Ponchatoula, LA $45,753 Robert, LA $45,126 Roseland, LA $44,804 Saint Benedict, LA $45,427 Slidell, LA $45,613 Spearsville, LA $43,593 Start, LA $43,478 Sterlington, LA $43,485

Swartz, LA $43,490 Tallulah, LA $43,542 Transylvania, LA $43,506 West Monroe, LA $43,490 Winnsboro, LA $43,538 Alexandria, LA $43,033 Acme, LA $43,726 Bordelonville, LA $43,877

Bunkie, LA $43,834 Center Point, LA $43,119 Chase, LA $43,537 Cheneyville, LA $43,259 Clayton, LA $43,594 Cottonport, LA $43,814 Deville, LA $43,156 Dupont, LA $44,018

Echo, LA $43,187 Effie, LA $43,244 Evergreen, LA $43,872 Ferriday, LA $43,651 Gilbert, LA $43,524 Hamburg, LA $43,870 Harrisonburg, LA $43,557 Hessmer, LA $43,318

Jena, LA $43,310 Jonesville, LA $43,585 Lebeau, LA $44,272 Lecompte, LA $43,098 Libuse, LA $43,036 Mansura, LA $43,591 Marksville, LA $43,577 Melville, LA $44,725

Monterey, LA $43,732 Longleaf, LA $43,288 Many, LA $43,822 Marthaville, LA $43,866 Melrose, LA $43,620 Montgomery, LA $43,705 Mora, LA $43,568 Natchez, LA $43,744

Natchitoches, LA $43,848 Fort Polk, LA $44,009 Negreet, LA $43,820 New Llano, LA $44,000 Noble, LA $43,906 Oakdale, LA $43,897 Olla, LA $43,490 Otis, LA $43,278

Pollock, LA $43,235 Provencal, LA $43,698 Robeline, LA $43,787 Saint Maurice, LA $43,732 Sieper, LA $43,332 Sikes, LA $43,465 Simpson, LA $43,651 Slagle, LA $43,826

Tioga, LA $43,057 Tullos, LA $43,479 Urania, LA $43,615 Winnfield, LA $43,645 Woodworth, LA $43,074 Zwolle, LA $43,861 Fort Necessity, LA $43,458 Grambling, LA $43,884

Hodge, LA $43,869 Jigger, LA $43,542 Jones, LA $43,459 Jonesboro, LA $43,732 Kilbourne, LA $43,575 Lake Providence, LA $43,575 Lillie, LA $43,608 Mangham, LA $43,458

Marion, LA $43,482 Mer Rouge, LA $43,488 Oak Grove, LA $43,584 Oak Ridge, LA $43,479 Pioneer, LA $43,542 Quitman, LA $43,749 Rayville, LA $43,472

Shipfitter Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Shipfitter salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $46,708. While startup companies pay approximate $46,708.

Shipfitter Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$46,708
Growth Stage	51~500	$46,708
Established	501~5000	$46,708
Enterprise	5000+	$46,708

Shipfitter Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Shipfitter's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$38,524

Average $46,708/year

$58,193

$3,210

Average $3,892/month

$4,849

$741

Average $898/week

$1,119

$19

Average $22/hour

$28

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$58,193	$4,849	$1,119	$28
Average	$46,708	$3,892	$898	$22
25th Percentile	$38,524	$3,210	$741	$19

Shipfitter Salary Growth & Career Path

Shipfitter

Roofer

Glass Cutter/Finisher

Locksmith

Upholsterer

Promotions are the fastest way to increase your earnings. As a Shipfitter, you have the following paths for advancement. The table below compares the salary raises for common next-step roles. By comparing these figures, you can choose the career path that best meets your financial goals.

Shipfitter Salary Growth and Career Path
Next Step Role	Estimate Salary	Projected Raise
Roofer	$39,419	-16%
Glass Cutter/Finisher	$30,229	-35%
Locksmith	$52,464	12%
Upholsterer	$53,475	14%

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