Pay distribution $29,570 10th $30,480 25th $40,760 75th $50,940 90th
Half of Public Safety Telecommunicators in the Hammond metro area earn more than $31,930 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,480 and $40,760.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $29,570 $30,480 $31,930 $40,760 $50,940 Hourly $14.22 $14.66 $15.35 $19.60 $24.49
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Hammond metro areathis metro area
$31,930 median for Hammond metro area; middle half earns $30,480 to $40,760
$38,550 median for Louisiana; middle half earns $31,680 to $48,660
$53,040 median for United States; middle half earns $45,210 to $64,260
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −17% vs Louisiana overall and −40% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $27,140 $56,027 $84,913 $113,800 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $27,140 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $29,910 Hammond, LA — $31,930 Albany, GA — $33,470 Eagle Pass, TX — $34,140 Monroe, LA — $35,040 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $35,770 Jackson, MS — $35,790 Decatur, AL — $36,200 Lafayette, LA — $36,500 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $37,020 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $37,220 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $37,290 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $37,290 Columbus, GA-AL — $37,910 Gadsden, AL — $38,050 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $38,420 Montgomery, AL — $38,560 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,060 Enid, OK — $39,240 Valdosta, GA — $39,400 Charleston, WV — $39,460 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $39,650 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $39,730 Cleveland, TN — $40,040 Morristown, TN — $40,050 Hot Springs, AR — $40,200 Mobile, AL — $40,220 Texarkana, TX-AR — $40,220 Dothan, AL — $40,450 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $40,560 Bloomington, IN — $40,800 Bowling Green, KY — $40,840 Columbia, SC — $40,930 Jonesboro, AR — $40,930 Florence, SC — $41,040 Spartanburg, SC — $41,340 Wheeling, WV-OH — $41,370 Laredo, TX — $41,390 Johnson City, TN — $41,570 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $42,140 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $42,210 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $42,880 Morgantown, WV — $43,010 Gainesville, GA — $43,070 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $43,140 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $43,220 Huntsville, AL — $43,680 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $43,870 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $43,970 Tuscaloosa, AL — $44,070 Jackson, TN — $44,450 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $44,630 Knoxville, TN — $44,700 Longview, TX — $44,930 Johnstown, PA — $45,100 Joplin, MO-KS — $45,110 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $45,260 Utica-Rome, NY — $45,260 Charlottesville, VA — $45,320 Tulsa, OK — $45,340 San Angelo, TX — $45,360 Terre Haute, IN — $45,450 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $45,490 Elizabethtown, KY — $45,570 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $45,650 Fayetteville, NC — $45,670 Winchester, VA-WV — $45,670 Wichita, KS — $45,750 Tallahassee, FL — $45,910 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,990 Alexandria, LA — $46,080 Winston-Salem, NC — $46,090 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $46,180 Wichita Falls, TX — $46,220 Corpus Christi, TX — $46,260 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $46,380 Savannah, GA — $46,420 Jefferson City, MO — $46,430 Greenville, NC — $46,490 Asheville, NC — $46,550 College Station-Bryan, TX — $46,580 Springfield, MO — $46,600 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $46,750 El Paso, TX — $46,860 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $46,870 Clarksville, TN-KY — $46,930 Lancaster, PA — $46,970 Jacksonville, NC — $47,110 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $47,120 Lynchburg, VA — $47,140 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,170 Waco, TX — $47,170 Lake Charles, LA — $47,280 Birmingham, AL — $47,390 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $47,570 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,880 Ocala, FL — $48,050 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $48,050 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,080 Burlington, NC — $48,160 Pittsfield, MA — $48,180 Beckley, WV — $48,320 Logan, UT-ID — $48,380 Oklahoma City, OK — $48,380 Canton-Massillon, OH — $48,430 Roanoke, VA — $48,470 Topeka, KS — $48,510 Rocky Mount, NC — $48,530 Baton Rouge, LA — $48,550 Chambersburg, PA — $48,550 Warner Robins, GA — $48,600 Columbia, MO — $48,680 Tyler, TX — $48,710 Killeen-Temple, TX — $48,750 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,820 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $48,860 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $48,890 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $48,920 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $48,990 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,080 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,170 Tucson, AZ — $49,200 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $49,240 Visalia, CA — $49,240 Cheyenne, WY — $49,520 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,610 Dalton, GA — $49,720 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $49,730 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $49,780 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $49,790 Idaho Falls, ID — $49,820 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,900 Sebring, FL — $49,930 Lubbock, TX — $50,030 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $50,040 Peoria, IL — $50,090 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,200 Lincoln, NE — $50,270 Salisbury, MD — $50,290 Vineland, NJ — $50,320 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $50,630 Yuma, AZ — $50,680 York-Hanover, PA — $50,770 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $50,800 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,860 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $51,020 Springfield, MA — $51,050 Jacksonville, FL — $51,110 Kenosha, WI — $51,180 Gainesville, FL — $51,260 St. George, UT — $51,260 Lawton, OK — $51,270 Abilene, TX — $51,480 Manhattan, KS — $51,640 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $51,670 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $51,860 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $51,870 Kansas City, MO-KS — $51,940 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $51,980 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,020 Urban Honolulu, HI — $52,070 Albuquerque, NM — $52,290 Mansfield, OH — $52,290 Bangor, ME — $52,380 Erie, PA — $52,620 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $52,670 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $52,700 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $52,810 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $52,840 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $52,840 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $53,020 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $53,040 Punta Gorda, FL — $53,180 Flint, MI — $53,310 Lebanon, PA — $53,350 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $53,360 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $53,390 Richmond, VA — $53,390 Dover, DE — $53,490 Helena, MT — $53,540 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $53,590 Sherman-Denison, TX — $53,790 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $53,820 Saginaw, MI — $54,000 Evansville, IN — $54,040 Rockford, IL — $54,130 Binghamton, NY — $54,400 Bismarck, ND — $54,490 Niles, MI — $55,130 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $55,140 Pocatello, ID — $55,310 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $55,360 Boise City, ID — $55,410 Traverse City, MI — $55,550 Billings, MT — $56,130 St. Louis, MO-IL — $56,250 Bloomington, IL — $56,540 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $56,960 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $57,110 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $57,130 Iowa City, IA — $57,310 Springfield, IL — $57,390 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $57,400 Ogden, UT — $57,470 Springfield, OH — $57,650 Sandusky, OH — $57,680 Pueblo, CO — $57,710 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $57,860 Pittsburgh, PA — $57,880 Amarillo, TX — $57,970 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $58,280 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $58,310 El Centro, CA — $58,560 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $58,560 Kingston, NY — $58,590 Ames, IA — $58,610 Worcester, MA — $58,850 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $58,860 Toledo, OH — $58,900 Port St. Lucie, FL — $58,980 Reading, PA — $59,070 Colorado Springs, CO — $59,160 Madison, WI — $59,400 Cleveland, OH — $59,440 Fort Wayne, IN — $59,460 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $59,550 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,710 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $59,750 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,060 St. Cloud, MN — $60,160 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $60,310 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $60,310 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,380 Eau Claire, WI — $60,450 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $60,450 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $60,480 Fresno, CA — $60,870 Kankakee, IL — $61,010 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $61,070 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $61,080 Midland, TX — $61,250 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,260 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,450 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $61,600 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $61,670 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $61,750 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $61,790 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $62,030 Ann Arbor, MI — $62,040 Akron, OH — $62,050 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $62,130 Appleton, WI — $62,240 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $62,260 Lexington Park, MD — $62,460 Modesto, CA — $62,460 Columbus, OH — $62,490 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $62,570 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,660 Reno, NV — $62,670 Glens Falls, NY — $62,720 Rochester, NY — $63,030 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $63,060 New Haven, CT — $63,070 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $63,240 Yakima, WA — $63,240 Portland-South Portland, ME — $63,280 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $63,350 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $63,390 Chico, CA — $63,440 Greeley, CO — $63,520 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $63,570 Duluth, MN-WI — $64,010 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $64,380 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $64,550 Syracuse, NY — $64,550 Merced, CA — $64,570 Omaha, NE-IA — $64,940 Barnstable Town, MA — $65,300 Bend, OR — $66,040 Ithaca, NY — $66,250 Yuba City, CA — $66,420 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $66,980 Albany, OR — $68,280 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $68,620 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $69,220 Rochester, MN — $70,140 Mankato, MN — $70,190 Boulder, CO — $70,240 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $72,880 Redding, CA — $74,570 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $75,740 Bellingham, WA — $76,340 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $76,640 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $77,260 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $78,030 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $78,050 Salem, OR — $78,950 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $78,950 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $79,610 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $80,180 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $80,370 Medford, OR — $80,620 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $80,690 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $81,160 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $81,990 Napa, CA — $82,830 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $83,840 Anchorage, AK — $83,870 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $84,410 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $85,950 Vallejo, CA — $87,250 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $89,090 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $90,930 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $104,910 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $113,800 Hammond metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Hammond metro area has the 314th-highest published median for this occupation among the 316 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Louisiana Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for public safety telecommunicators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Hammond metro areathis page
$31,930 median for Hammond metro area; middle half earns $30,480 to $40,760
$51,020 median for Shreveport metro area; middle half earns $37,980 to $76,930
$48,550 median for Baton Rouge metro area; middle half earns $37,410 to $59,300
$47,280 median for Lake Charles metro area; middle half earns $31,710 to $48,010
$46,180 median for New Orleans metro area; middle half earns $37,790 to $57,870
$46,080 median for Alexandria metro area; middle half earns $34,260 to $47,690
$39,650 median for Slidell metro area; middle half earns $39,430 to $48,660
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $35,880 Office Clerks, General $30,980 Customer Service Representatives $34,950 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $56,150 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $43,680 Receptionists and Information Clerks $32,130 Highest-paying metro areas for public safety telecommunicatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Hammond Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .