East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

FIPS 22033 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, East Baton Rouge Parish had an annual average of 270,603 jobs across 19,119 establishments, paying $18.1 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

270,603

+1.5% YoY

Establishments

19,119

Total Wages

$18.1B

Avg Annual Pay

$66,778

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 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 20,814 1,298 $418 $452.1M
621 NAICS 621 19,774 1,319 $2,161 $1,565.8M
611 NAICS 611 19,529 353 $1,087 $1,068.8M
541 NAICS 541 19,294 3,370 $2,115 $1,881.9M
561 NAICS 561 15,807 1,283 $1,018 $836.7M
622 NAICS 622 12,550 35 $1,812 $818.0M
238 NAICS 238 11,530 882 $1,586 $950.6M
237 NAICS 237 11,397 148 $1,958 $1,160.5M
236 NAICS 236 7,487 506 $1,774 $690.8M
624 NAICS 624 7,078 688 $537 $197.8M
524 NAICS 524 6,864 528 $2,755 $614.9M
922 NAICS 922 6,451 63 $2,025 $448.5M
455 NAICS 455 5,295 129 $597 $164.5M
423 NAICS 423 5,127 662 $1,745 $465.2M
623 NAICS 623 4,682 123 $857 $208.5M
445 NAICS 445 4,461 288 $549 $127.4M
551 NAICS 551 4,072 226 $2,314 $489.9M
441 NAICS 441 4,059 257 $1,249 $263.7M
921 NAICS 921 3,926 58 $1,964 $266.9M
522 NAICS 522 3,623 402 $2,272 $311.6M
713 NAICS 713 3,615 160 $580 $109.0M
923 NAICS 923 3,157 28 $1,857 $220.0M
424 NAICS 424 3,119 251 $1,313 $213.0M
325 NAICS 325 2,742 47 $2,744 $391.3M
488 NAICS 488 2,717 84 $1,360 $192.2M
812 NAICS 812 2,596 500 $659 $89.0M
811 NAICS 811 2,493 438 $1,172 $152.0M
531 NAICS 531 2,396 684 $983 $122.5M
459 NAICS 459 2,253 336 $570 $66.7M
444 NAICS 444 2,078 108 $849 $91.8M
458 NAICS 458 1,998 320 $493 $51.3M
813 NAICS 813 1,917 293 $1,179 $117.5M
926 NAICS 926 1,868 56 $1,852 $127.1M
456 NAICS 456 1,727 240 $853 $76.6M
332 NAICS 332 1,716 83 $1,616 $144.2M
721 NAICS 721 1,546 105 $600 $48.3M
562 NAICS 562 1,401 86 $1,646 $119.8M
457 NAICS 457 1,390 222 $654 $47.3M
492 NAICS 492 1,380 59 $796 $57.1M
449 NAICS 449 1,270 189 $972 $64.2M
484 NAICS 484 1,219 219 $1,223 $77.5M
483 NAICS 483 1,215 14 $2,242 $141.7M
924 NAICS 924 1,144 14 $1,799 $82.2M
221 NAICS 221 1,092 31 $2,146 $121.8M
491 NAICS 491 972 17 $1,295 $65.4M
518 NAICS 518 922 108 $1,971 $94.5M
517 NAICS 517 907 50 $1,641 $77.4M
311 NAICS 311 856 40 $999 $44.4M
425 NAICS 425 706 212 $2,924 $107.4M
513 NAICS 513 701 170 $1,750 $63.8M
523 NAICS 523 642 214 $3,764 $125.6M
339 NAICS 339 628 58 $1,293 $42.2M
323 NAICS 323 558 50 $927 $26.9M
327 NAICS 327 480 39 $1,395 $34.8M
512 NAICS 512 463 57 $1,618 $39.0M
485 NAICS 485 438 44 $592 $13.5M
493 NAICS 493 425 37 $1,358 $30.0M
516 NAICS 516 395 27 $1,434 $29.5M
337 NAICS 337 283 30 $799 $11.8M
711 NAICS 711 236 88 $597 $7.3M
334 NAICS 334 224 13 $1,684 $19.6M
326 NAICS 326 209 14 $1,237 $13.4M
333 NAICS 333 209 24 $1,613 $17.5M
213 NAICS 213 182 34 $2,551 $24.1M
814 NAICS 814 150 213 $628 $4.9M
486 NAICS 486 132 12 $2,494 $17.1M
712 NAICS 712 118 6 $575 $3.5M
335 NAICS 335 105 10 $1,943 $10.6M
928 NAICS 928 102 1 $1,274 $6.7M
336 NAICS 336 101 10 $1,166 $6.2M
321 NAICS 321 88 17 $994 $4.6M
314 NAICS 314 76 10 $755 $3.0M
525 NAICS 525 60 14 $2,883 $9.0M
481 NAICS 481 53 10 $753 $2.1M
115 NAICS 115 12 7 $1,192 $0.8M
925 NAICS 925 2 1 $2,822 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,344

jobs · $87,065 avg pay

State Government

28,935

jobs · $63,502 avg pay

Local Government

14,719

jobs · $56,028 avg pay

Private

224,605

jobs · $67,692 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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