Hammond, LA metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Hammond Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Hammond, LA metro area

Figures describe the Hammond, LA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Hammond city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (1 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 197 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Hammond, LA metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$332,610	$159.91	100
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$304,640	$146.46	40
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$134,740	$64.78	30
4	Pharmacists	$133,580	$64.22	140
5	Financial Managers	$124,800	$60.00	110
6	Nurse Practitioners	$123,350	$59.30	160
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$119,580	$57.49	40
8	Software Developers	$118,590	$57.01	60
9	Veterinarians	$112,140	$53.91	40
10	Industrial Production Managers	$108,750	$52.29	40
11	Engineers, All Other	$104,140	$50.07	50
12	Human Resources Managers	$103,380	$49.70	30
13	Medical and Health Services Managers	$101,790	$48.94	200
14	Facilities Managers	$100,090	$48.12	30
15	Sales Managers	$100,080	$48.11	90
16	Physical Therapists	$98,930	$47.56	130
17	Managers, All Other	$98,260	$47.24	160
18	Construction Managers	$96,490	$46.39	50
19	Administrative Services Managers	$93,070	$44.74	70
20	Management Analysts	$91,280	$43.89	50
21	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$91,200	$43.85	80
22	Computer Systems Analysts	$89,440	$43.00	40
23	General and Operations Managers	$87,990	$42.30	990
24	Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	$87,170	$41.91	40
25	Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$84,050	Not published	630

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Hammond metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.