Physician Salary in Louisiana (2026)

Worth knowing: Ochsner Health physician operations are one of the country's largest US multi-state Gulf Coast academic + community physician practices and a feature most national physician compensation surveys understate for LA. Ochsner (Fortune private, ~36K employees + ~4,500 employed physicians + the country's largest US health system HQ'd in LA + largest LA private employer + the largest US multi-state Gulf Coast academic medical system between Houston + Atlanta) operates substantial Ochsner Medical Center NOLA (Level 1 Stroke Center + LA's only Comprehensive Stroke Center + the largest LA tertiary academic medical center) + Ochsner Sports Medicine (substantial New Orleans Saints + Pelicans + LSU + Tulane team physician relationships) + Ochsner Children's + the only Ochsner-Brigham and Women's Hospital affiliation (the only Brigham affiliate in the US South). University Medical Center NOLA (LCMC + LSU + Tulane jointly affiliated, the only LA Level 1 trauma center + only LA verified pediatric trauma center + post-Charity Hospital + post-Katrina UMC replacement opened 2015) supports substantial high-acuity trauma + emergency + specialty care. Tulane SOM NOLA (founded 1834, top-50 US medical school) + LSU SOM NOLA + LSU Health Shreveport SOM (the only two LA MD-granting institutions). LA's Interstate Medical Licensure Compact participation since 2019 (LA Act 24 of 2019) + LSU Health Shreveport rural + medically underserved health services pipeline + LA's substantial Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) + Rural Health Clinic (RHC) + Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network support distinctive LA primary care + rural medicine work. LA's flat 3% (post-2024 Act 11) + LA RTW since 1976 + no state estate tax (repealed 2008) + the 2024 federal income tax deduction repeal for individuals = relevant context for high-earner LA physician comp modeling.