Project Manager Salary in Louisiana (2026)

Worth knowing: LA's LNG export terminal capex cluster is one of the country's most concentrated US infrastructure construction project management markets and a feature most national PM surveys understate for LA. The ~$80B+ cumulative US LNG export terminal capex deployed in LA across the past decade (Cheniere Sabine Pass ~$20B + Cameron LNG ~$10B + Venture Global Calcasieu Pass ~$8B + Venture Global Plaquemines ~$13B + planned Driftwood Tellurian ~$25B + planned CP2 Venture Global) supports substantial LNG construction + commissioning + operations PM work. Senior LNG project managers + directors at Bechtel + Kiewit + KBR + McDermott + Black & Veatch + Cheniere + Cameron LNG + Venture Global clear $155-265K+ TC. LA petrochemical corridor capex along the Mississippi River BR→NOLA (~150 facilities + ~$10B+ annual sustaining capex + periodic mega-projects like Sasol Lake Charles Chemicals ~$11B + Shintech Plaquemine ~$10B + Formosa Plastics Plaquemines St James Parish ~$9.4B planned) supports substantial refinery + chemical plant capex PM. Entergy operates substantial nuclear + transmission + AMI capex including Grand Gulf Nuclear (1,500 MW BWR Port Gibson MS) + River Bend Nuclear (1,000 MW BWR St Francisville LA) + Waterford 3 Nuclear (1,200 MW PWR Killona LA). Ochsner Health + LCMC + Tulane Medical operate substantial hospital + facility expansion PM. Boh Bros NOLA + Barnard Construction + MMR Constructors BR + Cajun Industries BR operate substantial LA heavy civil + I-10 + I-12 + post-Ida recovery. LA's flat 3% (post-2024 Act 11) + LA RTW since 1976 + no state estate tax + the LA LNG + petrochem + healthcare capex anchor support the LA PM proposition.