Hammond, LA

198 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 25220.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,750
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,560
Cashiers	1,440
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,420
Retail Salespersons	1,390
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,260
Waiters and Waitresses	1,050
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,050
General and Operations Managers	990
Food Preparation Workers	870
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	830
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	790
Office Clerks, General	650
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	630
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	610
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	610
Nursing Assistants	600
Customer Service Representatives	570
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	560
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	550

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	13.66	630
Food Processing Workers, All Other	12.97	260
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	11.45	120
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	10.93	280
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	6.28	210
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	4.93	160
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	3.99	180
Food Preparation Workers	3.15	870
Production Workers, All Other	2.72	210
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	2.53	140
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.36	470
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	2.36	140
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	2.32	550
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.19	350
Parts Salespersons	1.96	160
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	1.89	100
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1.85	610
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.84	380
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	1.75	160
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	1.73	230

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$332,610
Nurse Anesthetists	$304,640
Family Medicine Physicians	$134,740
Pharmacists	$133,580
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$124,800
Nurse Practitioners	$123,350
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$119,580
Software Developers	$118,590
Veterinarians	$112,140
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$108,750
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$104,140
Human Resources Managers	$103,380
Medical and Health Services Managers	$101,790
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$100,090
Sales Managers	$100,080
Physical Therapists	$98,930
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$98,260
Construction Managers	$96,490
Administrative Services Managers	$93,070
Management Analysts	$91,280

All 198 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	250	$66,090	0.56
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	70	$93,070	0.81
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	40	$87,170	0.97
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	40	$23,820	0.43
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$56,870	0.93
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	280	$45,450	1.28
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$27,560	1.58
Bakers `51-3011`	70	$26,240	0.97
Bartenders `35-3011`	220	$20,650	0.96
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	150	$39,880	1.18
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	380	$43,680	0.90
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$49,600	1.05
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	290	$59,070	0.87
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	90	$36,110	2.18
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	70	$59,420	0.45
Carpenters `47-2031`	130	$45,340	0.61
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,440	$25,500	1.52
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	50	$42,680	0.81
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	40	$45,910	1.00
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	350	$22,150	2.19
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	60	$59,300	0.65
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	180	$25,770	1.54
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	70	$49,350	0.67
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	160	$49,080	4.93
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$69,240	0.63
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	120	$67,850	0.93
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$89,440	0.28
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	60	$49,120	0.29
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	40	$119,580	0.18
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	300	$36,840	0.88
Construction Managers `11-9021`	50	$96,490	0.44
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	190	$20,680	1.39
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	460	$27,130	1.06
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	70	$31,800	1.60
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	160	$29,320	1.39
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$59,760	0.61
Counselors, All Other `21-1019`	90	$46,000	10.59
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	80	$29,460	0.63
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	100	$46,590	1.89
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	570	$34,950	0.71
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	100	$45,950	0.87
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$81,840	0.95
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	70	$59,400	1.95
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	50	$77,430	1.63
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$62,710	1.48
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	140	$22,600	0.84
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$24,380	0.89
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$43,480	1.04
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	100	$35,550	0.80
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	140	$78,630	1.37
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	70	$50,130	1.93
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	90	$59,430	0.82
Electricians `47-2111`	160	$50,700	0.70
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	610	$47,470	1.43
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$47,370	1.03
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	40	$57,460	2.00
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	50	$104,140	1.09
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	110	$55,640	0.77
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	70	$40,900	0.69
Extraction Workers, All Other `47-5099`	30	$42,210	18.77
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$100,090	0.70
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	30	$134,740	1.03
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,560	$22,350	1.32
Financial Clerks, All Other `43-3099`	40	$50,420	3.31
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	110	$124,800	0.41
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	80	$54,530	1.86
Firefighters `33-2011`	170	$28,330	1.60
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	160	$62,130	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	60	$52,600	1.96
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	520	$35,250	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$41,980	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	230	$63,900	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$59,260	0.69
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	480	$56,150	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$33,670	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	Not available	$66,880
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	180	$64,490	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	550	$43,830	1.58
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	240	$61,270	1.27
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	870	$22,740	3.15
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	280	$24,150	10.93
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	260	$36,620	12.97
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	40	$26,450	0.42
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	50	$47,540	0.72
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	990	$87,990	0.92
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	160	Not available	1.75
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	70	$45,520	1.33
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	120	$76,940	11.45
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$69,500	0.72
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	210	$37,750	6.28
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$57,140	1.00
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	830	$48,650	1.31
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	60	$38,830	2.86
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	80	$35,360	2.59
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$34,720	0.71
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,750	$21,980	1.32
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	230	$21,520	1.73
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	80	$24,340	1.05
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$103,380	0.49
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	140	$58,280	0.50
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	120	$57,600	0.87
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	40	$108,750	0.55
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	550	$53,780	2.32
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	70	$44,160	1.78
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	190	$42,950	1.04
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	140	$47,060	2.53
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$46,910	0.49
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$49,240	0.84
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	180	$41,390	3.99
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	560	$31,200	0.83
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	70	$47,540	2.17
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,050	$35,480	1.16
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	170	$30,190	0.57
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	50	$23,660	0.78
Lawyers `23-1011`	150	$78,110	0.65
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$46,480	0.92
Legal Support Workers, All Other `23-2099`	40	$37,480	2.72
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	470	$55,840	2.36
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	400	$37,230	1.31
Loan Officers `13-2072`	80	$61,180	0.98
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	300	$22,970	1.14
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	50	$58,620	2.63
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	510	$41,160	1.09
Management Analysts `13-1111`	50	$91,280	0.19
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	160	$98,260	0.84
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	100	$51,620	0.36
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	330	$36,680	1.30
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	70	$48,060	1.11
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	100	$38,320	0.34
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	200	$101,790	1.08
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	90	$33,350	1.69
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	270	$47,480	1.43
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$61,670	0.73
Nurse Anesthetists `29-1151`	40	$304,640	2.60
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	160	$123,350	1.62
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	600	$33,010	1.34
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$77,220	0.96
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	70	$81,190	1.32
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	650	$30,980	0.86
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	140	$42,410	2.36
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	90	$49,870	0.63
Order Clerks `43-4151`	50	$35,140	1.97
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	80	$36,410	0.67
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	90	$28,510	0.54
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	160	$32,480	1.96
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	30	$50,520	0.68
Pharmacists `29-1051`	140	$133,580	1.37
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	180	$42,790	1.21
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	50	$36,970	1.16
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	70	$61,590	2.06
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	130	$98,930	1.61
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	100	$332,610	0.92
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	110	$57,910	0.77
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	380	$40,560	1.84
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$66,600	1.32
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	140	$59,010	1.39
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	630	$84,050	13.66
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	160	$36,600	1.07
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	210	$39,150	2.72
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	40	$58,290	0.30
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	100	$76,260	0.31
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	30	$66,950	0.36
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	50	$45,230	1.90
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$60,930	0.44
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$31,930	1.52
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	110	$64,300	1.61
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	280	$32,130	1.00
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	90	$31,160	0.91
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians `49-3092`	50	$58,240	8.90
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	40	$37,920	0.98
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,260	$76,200	1.21
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	80	$75,990	1.78
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,390	$28,570	1.16
Sales Managers `11-2022`	90	$100,080	0.48
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	160	$46,330	0.42
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	400	$59,610	1.04
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	610	$58,410	1.85
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	790	$35,880	1.50
Security Guards `33-9032`	Not available	$30,880
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	210	$43,510	0.83
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$28,190	0.60
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$78,530	1.01
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	40	$35,870	0.31
Software Developers `15-1252`	60	$118,590	0.11
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	70	$61,300	1.21
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,420	$35,570	1.63
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	130	$36,750	0.84
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	60	$61,090	1.67
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service `43-2011`	40	$37,480	3.83
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	510	$20,930	1.16
Tellers `43-3071`	80	$35,390	0.80
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	40	$29,750	1.17
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	70	$60,420	0.50
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	80	$91,200	1.19
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$112,140	1.53
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	70	$34,500	1.86
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,050	$15,080	1.50
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	60	$58,490	0.49