MAKING AN IMPACT | Locally, Regionally, Statewide

¹ Including the LSUHS Foundation impact.
² This report provides data on the combined impacts of LSUHS and OLHS. Operational impacts for the LSUHS Foundation are included in LSUHS  numbers throughout the report. A breakout for all three entities is provided in Appendix B.
³ The calculation is based on an average salary of $3.2 million for each physician and $1.2 million for each master’s level provider in FY25.
⁴ Total direct jobs include faculty, staff, and student positions.
⁵ Including the LSUHS Foundation impact.
⁶ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).” U.S. Department of Labor, March 2025, reports 312,343 jobs in the 20 parishes.
⁷ U.S. Census Bureau. Census of Governments: Government Finance Data (2022). Retrieved from reports $622.1 million in local tax collection for the 20 parishes and $2.4 billion in state taxes for a total of $3.1 billion.
⁸ Including the LSUHS Foundation impact.
⁹ Total direct jobs include faculty, staff, and student positions.
¹⁰ Ibid
¹¹ The calculation is based on an average salary of $3.2 million for each physician 
and $1.2 million for each master’s level provider in FY25.