Hammond, LA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 84.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Hammond, LA moved from $36,960 in May 2024 to $38,480 in May 2025 (+4.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Hammond, LA sits +1.0 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 25220 · Hammond, LA $48K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #501/528
- RPP-QUIET 84.5
- OCC-THIN 197 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $333K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southeast Oklaho…
- BOOK-MOST 195 rows · May 2025
Read with Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area (+$54 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Hammond, LA
Where Hammond, LA already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Postsecondary Teachers, All Other lead published employment inside Hammond, LA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 990 jobs · $87,990
- 2. Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 630 jobs · $84,050
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 200 jobs · $101,790
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 160 jobs · $123,350
- 5. Managers, All Other 160 jobs · $98,260
- 6. Pharmacists 140 jobs · $133,580
- 7. Physical Therapists 130 jobs · $98,930
- 8. Financial Managers 110 jobs · $124,800
- 9. Physicians, All Other 100 jobs · $332,610
- 10. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $100,080
- 11. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 80 jobs · $91,200
- 12. Administrative Services Managers 70 jobs · $93,070
- 13. Software Developers 60 jobs · $118,590
- 14. Engineers, All Other 50 jobs · $104,140
- 15. Construction Managers 50 jobs · $96,490
- 16. Management Analysts 50 jobs · $91,280
- 17. Nurse Anesthetists 40 jobs · $304,640
- 18. Computer and Information Systems Managers 40 jobs · $119,580
Occupations Tracked
197
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$48,282
employment-weighted, 195 complete rows
Top Salary
$332,610
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
84.5
16% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Hammond, LA, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers | $87,990 |
| 2 | Postsecondary Teachers, All Other | $84,050 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $101,790 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $123,350 |
| 5 | Managers, All Other | $98,260 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $133,580 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $98,930 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $124,800 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $332,610 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $100,080 |
| 11 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $91,200 |
| 12 | Administrative Services Managers | $93,070 |
| 13 | Software Developers | $118,590 |
| 14 | Engineers, All Other | $104,140 |
| 15 | Construction Managers | $96,490 |
| 16 | Management Analysts | $91,280 |
| 17 | Nurse Anesthetists | $304,640 |
| 18 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $119,580 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $112,140 |
| 20 | Industrial Production Managers | $108,750 |
| 21 | Computer Systems Analysts | $89,440 |
| 22 | Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians | $87,170 |
| 23 | Family Medicine Physicians | $134,740 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers | $103,380 |
| 25 | Facilities Managers | $100,090 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Hammond, LA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $15,080 |
| Bartenders | $20,650 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $20,680 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $20,930 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $21,520 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $21,980 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,150 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,350 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $22,600 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $22,740 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in LA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside LA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($48,282 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Hammond, LA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Hammond, LA at $332,610/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $48,282 adjusts to about $57,166 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 84.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for LA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.