Do welders make more in Hammond or Baton Rouge?

Baton Rouge pays more: the median is $58,490 in Hammond and $78,170 in Baton Rouge, a 25% difference.

Welder salary in Hammond, LA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Hammond, LA area earn a median of $58,490 a year, or $28.12 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $79,790 a year. That's 6% less than the Louisiana median of $62,250.

Median yearly pay$58,490

Bottom 10% under$38,000Top 10% over$79,790

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.27/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $69,250
Median hourly pay: $28.12/hr
vs U.S. median: +9%
vs Louisiana median: −6%
Mean (average) pay: $58,750 a year · $28.24 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 25220, Hammond, LA). Excludes self-employed welders. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What welders in Hammond, LA earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$18.27	$38,000
25th percentile	$23.71	$49,310
Median (50th)	$28.12	$58,490
75th percentile	$32.92	$68,470
90th percentile	$38.36	$79,790

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Hammond, LA compares

Hammond ranks 7th of 10 Louisiana metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Hammond area than nationally: 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.49 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do welders make more in Hammond or Baton Rouge?: Baton Rouge pays more: the median is $58,490 in Hammond and $78,170 in Baton Rouge, a 25% difference.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 51-4121 (Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers), area code 25220 (Hammond, LA). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed welders and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (84.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures