Ascension Parish, LA

FIPS 22005 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Ascension Parish had an annual average of 50,590 jobs across 3,919 establishments, paying $3.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

50,590

+3.3% YoY

Establishments

3,919

Total Wages

$3.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$71,805

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Ascension Parish, LA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 1 — —
325 NAICS 325 4,885 41 $3,039 $771.9M
237 NAICS 237 4,768 58 $1,891 $461.6M
238 NAICS 238 4,539 245 $1,367 $322.7M
722 NAICS 722 4,355 300 $403 $91.2M
541 NAICS 541 2,165 462 $1,775 $199.8M
423 NAICS 423 1,586 166 $1,731 $142.8M
621 NAICS 621 1,511 206 $1,024 $80.5M
811 NAICS 811 1,508 135 $1,623 $127.3M
561 NAICS 561 1,467 242 $836 $63.7M
445 NAICS 445 1,335 56 $552 $38.3M
455 NAICS 455 1,316 41 $573 $39.2M
332 NAICS 332 1,156 46 $1,740 $104.5M
624 NAICS 624 968 166 $461 $23.2M
922 NAICS 922 800 21 $1,758 $50.4M
441 NAICS 441 783 59 $1,112 $45.3M
562 NAICS 562 706 31 $1,446 $53.1M
444 NAICS 444 687 34 $870 $31.1M
532 NAICS 532 665 77 $1,603 $55.5M
236 NAICS 236 622 106 $1,718 $55.5M
458 NAICS 458 609 78 $432 $13.7M
484 NAICS 484 604 62 $1,651 $51.9M
424 NAICS 424 564 59 $1,596 $46.8M
488 NAICS 488 485 33 $1,545 $38.9M
457 NAICS 457 480 75 $531 $13.3M
522 NAICS 522 405 85 $1,284 $27.1M
524 NAICS 524 390 99 $1,541 $31.2M
459 NAICS 459 368 53 $539 $10.3M
456 NAICS 456 346 51 $643 $11.5M
713 NAICS 713 338 31 $429 $7.5M
812 NAICS 812 311 94 $536 $8.7M
611 NAICS 611 286 42 $358 $5.3M
493 NAICS 493 280 12 $1,866 $27.2M
721 NAICS 721 261 29 $535 $7.3M
333 NAICS 333 225 11 $2,281 $26.7M
449 NAICS 449 222 35 $960 $11.1M
327 NAICS 327 198 16 $1,201 $12.4M
491 NAICS 491 148 9 $1,159 $8.9M
921 NAICS 921 136 13 $1,198 $8.5M
221 NAICS 221 127 16 $1,928 $10.5M
813 NAICS 813 101 25 $991 $5.2M
551 NAICS 551 99 38 $2,267 $11.6M
425 NAICS 425 92 36 $2,350 $11.2M
486 NAICS 486 81 6 $2,514 $10.6M
513 NAICS 513 75 21 $2,030 $7.9M
311 NAICS 311 69 10 $852 $3.1M
339 NAICS 339 58 7 $1,285 $3.9M
111 NAICS 111 52 8 $882 $2.4M
337 NAICS 337 49 10 $778 $2.0M
924 NAICS 924 48 5 $1,152 $2.1M
334 NAICS 334 40 3 $1,468 $3.0M
926 NAICS 926 34 5 $1,672 $1.7M
312 NAICS 312 32 4 $1,008 $1.7M
323 NAICS 323 27 10 $848 $1.2M
814 NAICS 814 18 14 $432 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

176

jobs · $64,375 avg pay

State Government

205

jobs · $66,247 avg pay

Local Government

5,225

jobs · $52,389 avg pay

Private

44,984

jobs · $74,115 avg pay

LA Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

4.4%

April 2026

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