Physician Salary in Louisiana

Median annual base pay is $301,600 across 171 reported Physician salaries in Louisiana.

Updated 28 August 2026

Salary Distribution (By Percentile)

P10	P25	Median	P75	P90
$230,006	$239,200	$301,600	$343,125	$425,000

Employer	Median	Reports
CHRISTUS Health	$650,000	5
Lafayette Kidney Care, LLC	$350,000	8
Inhospital Physicians Corp	$332,800	21
Lafayette Health Ventures, Inc.	$321,000	8
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Inc.	$318,420	35
Ochsner Clinic Foundation	$266,000	28
Willis - Knighton Medical Center	$239,200	6
National Hospitalist Services, PC	$239,200	16
The Baton Rouge Clinic, AMC	$239,200	9

Setting	Median	Reports
Hospital (Community)	$318,420	47

Level	Common titles	Median	Reports
Junior / Early Career	Resident (PGY2-3)	—	1
Mid-Level	Senior Resident · Chief Resident	—	1
Senior	Fellow · Clinical Instructor	—	1
Lead / Expert	Attending Physician · Staff Physician · Assistant Professor	$307,440	161

Model	Median	Reports
Annual Salary	$316,680	125
Hourly	$280,800	39

The median Physician salary in Louisiana is $301,600 per year, based on 171 reported salaries.

Alexandria has the highest median at $332,800 per year, of the cities with enough reports to publish a median.

$307,440 per year at the median — $5,840 above the Physician median in Louisiana.

Of the employers with enough reports to publish a median, CHRISTUS Health is highest at $650,000 per year.