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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Hammond, LA

What professions have the highest employment in Hammond, LA? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Hammond, LA. We note that the total employment in Hammond, LA is 45,460. The most popular job is the cashier profession, which employs 1,870 people (4.11 percent of the total employment in Hammond, LA). The second most common job is the retail salesperson profession which employs 1,340 people (2.95 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Hammond, LA is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Hammond, LA (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	45,460	100.00%	$35,230
2	Cashiers	1,870	4.11%	$21,080
3	Retail Salespersons	1,340	2.95%	$26,340
4	Stockers and Order Fillers	1,330	2.93%	$31,420
5	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,310	2.88%	$20,290
6	Registered Nurses	1,140	2.51%	$66,830
7	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,010	2.22%	$31,140
8	Waiters and Waitresses	930	2.05%	$20,710
9	Food Preparation Workers	910	2.00%	$20,790
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	900	1.98%	$29,370
11	General and Operations Managers	860	1.89%	$84,890
12	Fast Food and Counter Workers	770	1.69%	$20,440
13	Office Clerks, General	680	1.50%	$25,960
14	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	670	1.47%	$47,850
15	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	620	1.36%	$46,790
16	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	600	1.32%	$47,310
17	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	600	1.32%	$29,250
18	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	600	1.32%	$38,010
19	Security Guards	590	1.30%	$24,020
20	Customer Service Representatives	580	1.28%	$30,880
21	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	570	1.25%	$48,870
22	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	560	1.23%	$45,650
23	Nursing Assistants	550	1.21%	$28,470
24	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	520	1.14%	$31,940
25	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	520	1.14%	$35,490
26	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	460	1.01%	$28,940
27	Restaurant Cooks	450	0.99%	$26,710
28	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	450	0.99%	$37,440
29	Childcare Workers	440	0.97%	$20,530
30	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	430	0.95%	$35,010
31	Construction Laborers	420	0.92%	$35,000
32	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	410	0.90%	$57,760
33	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	410	0.90%	$57,740
34	Other Production Workers	400	0.88%	$32,240
35	Medical Assistants	340	0.75%	$35,500
36	Receptionists and Information Clerks	340	0.75%	$29,030
37	Other Community and Social Service Specialists	280	0.62%	$44,900
38	Other Business Operations Specialists	270	0.59%	$57,720
39	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	260	0.57%	$22,550
40	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	250	0.55%	$43,370
41	Accountants and Auditors	240	0.53%	$62,390
42	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	240	0.53%	$41,330
43	Fast Food Cooks	240	0.53%	$20,640
44	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	240	0.53%	$30,380
45	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	240	0.53%	$31,990
46	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	240	0.53%	$63,300
47	School Bus Drivers	240	0.53%	$22,220
48	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	240	0.53%	$27,640
49	Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	230	0.51%	$41,630
50	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	220	0.48%	$46,160
51	Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	220	0.48%	$20,300
52	All Other Managers	210	0.46%	$80,480
53	Bartenders	210	0.46%	$18,320
54	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	210	0.46%	$51,990
55	Firefighters	190	0.42%	$27,380
56	Parts Salespersons	190	0.42%	$29,600
57	Medical and Health Services Managers	180	0.40%	$91,780
58	Dishwashers	180	0.40%	$21,820
59	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	180	0.40%	$21,250
60	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	180	0.40%	$59,630
61	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	180	0.40%	$60,620
62	Lawyers	170	0.37%	$80,910
63	Pharmacy Technicians	170	0.37%	$36,580
64	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	170	0.37%	$28,370
65	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	170	0.37%	$50,110
66	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	160	0.35%	$40,890
67	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	150	0.33%	$46,200
68	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	150	0.33%	$29,380
69	Postal Service Mail Carriers	150	0.33%	$50,810
70	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	150	0.33%	$50,670
71	Human Resources Specialists	140	0.31%	$51,930
72	Nurse Practitioners	140	0.31%	$106,720
73	Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers	140	0.31%	$64,660
74	Other Healthcare Support Workers	140	0.31%	$29,210
75	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	130	0.29%	$81,830
76	Insurance Sales Agents	130	0.29%	$37,350
77	Billing and Posting Clerks	130	0.29%	$34,490
78	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	130	0.29%	$58,050
79	Financial Managers	120	0.26%	$100,310
80	Computer Occupations, All Other	120	0.26%	$62,000
81	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	120	0.26%	$19,510
82	Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	120	0.26%	$38,490
83	Carpenters	120	0.26%	$39,020
84	Electricians	120	0.26%	$46,790
85	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	110	0.24%	$32,510
86	Pharmacists	110	0.24%	$127,380
87	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	110	0.24%	$39,810
88	Other Counselors	100	0.22%	$40,310
89	Physical Therapists	100	0.22%	$96,240
90	Dental Assistants	100	0.22%	$34,920
91	Maintenance Workers, Machinery	100	0.22%	$47,250
92	Compliance Officers	90	0.20%	$58,360
93	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	90	0.20%	$59,680
94	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	90	0.20%	$44,630
95	Other Education, Training, and Library Workers	90	0.20%	$44,450
96	Radiologic Technologists	90	0.20%	$60,270
97	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	90	0.20%	$57,970
98	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	90	0.20%	$81,070
99	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	90	0.20%	$46,920
100	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	90	0.20%	$46,050

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