Lafayette Parish, LA

FIPS 22055 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lafayette Parish had an annual average of 137,173 jobs across 11,990 establishments, paying $8.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

137,173

+1.8% YoY

Establishments

11,990

Total Wages

$8.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$58,120

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 Lafayette Parish, LA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 13,914 766 $413 $298.7M
621 NAICS 621 11,645 1,158 $1,918 $773.2M
541 NAICS 541 9,223 2,064 $1,769 $747.2M
622 NAICS 622 7,626 50 $1,302 $516.5M
561 NAICS 561 6,375 693 $941 $311.9M
213 NAICS 213 6,177 226 $2,065 $663.4M
624 NAICS 624 4,939 356 $454 $116.6M
238 NAICS 238 3,881 539 $1,261 $254.4M
611 NAICS 611 3,878 165 $1,240 $218.3M
423 NAICS 423 3,509 472 $1,576 $287.6M
455 NAICS 455 3,361 86 $582 $101.7M
445 NAICS 445 2,926 138 $528 $80.4M
339 NAICS 339 2,372 29 $1,061 $130.8M
333 NAICS 333 2,226 81 $1,576 $182.3M
441 NAICS 441 2,134 146 $1,095 $121.5M
424 NAICS 424 2,036 139 $1,262 $133.6M
551 NAICS 551 2,025 134 $1,616 $170.2M
922 NAICS 922 2,013 27 $2,164 $138.8M
332 NAICS 332 2,011 117 $1,430 $149.6M
532 NAICS 532 1,901 146 $1,728 $170.8M
623 NAICS 623 1,828 54 $703 $66.8M
456 NAICS 456 1,685 159 $896 $78.5M
811 NAICS 811 1,660 276 $1,204 $103.9M
459 NAICS 459 1,642 243 $554 $47.3M
522 NAICS 522 1,628 225 $1,906 $124.9M
713 NAICS 713 1,616 96 $366 $30.7M
444 NAICS 444 1,611 88 $832 $69.7M
237 NAICS 237 1,596 78 $1,713 $142.1M
524 NAICS 524 1,576 316 $1,608 $131.7M
236 NAICS 236 1,471 254 $1,498 $114.6M
812 NAICS 812 1,428 227 $721 $53.6M
449 NAICS 449 1,241 119 $955 $61.6M
458 NAICS 458 1,144 180 $508 $30.2M
457 NAICS 457 1,103 155 $581 $33.3M
484 NAICS 484 1,066 156 $1,230 $68.2M
921 NAICS 921 937 20 $1,985 $44.6M
492 NAICS 492 911 36 $874 $41.4M
721 NAICS 721 870 79 $481 $21.8M
311 NAICS 311 663 34 $820 $28.3M
481 NAICS 481 577 15 $1,873 $56.2M
562 NAICS 562 566 48 $1,456 $42.8M
488 NAICS 488 543 52 $2,012 $49.2M
334 NAICS 334 486 20 $1,884 $47.6M
491 NAICS 491 466 11 $1,257 $30.4M
485 NAICS 485 452 35 $604 $14.2M
523 NAICS 523 422 151 $2,744 $60.1M
517 NAICS 517 389 38 $1,799 $36.4M
323 NAICS 323 360 31 $824 $15.4M
711 NAICS 711 356 44 $329 $6.1M
813 NAICS 813 303 67 $1,052 $16.6M
425 NAICS 425 274 90 $2,000 $28.4M
516 NAICS 516 245 16 $1,270 $16.2M
326 NAICS 326 235 8 $1,285 $15.7M
513 NAICS 513 235 89 $1,752 $21.4M
518 NAICS 518 233 46 $1,158 $14.0M
924 NAICS 924 206 10 $2,002 $18.5M
926 NAICS 926 201 12 $1,511 $13.7M
325 NAICS 325 181 22 $1,500 $14.1M
712 NAICS 712 176 6 $510 $4.7M
327 NAICS 327 176 15 $996 $9.1M
314 NAICS 314 158 6 $1,168 $9.6M
221 NAICS 221 147 18 $2,020 $15.5M
493 NAICS 493 138 25 $1,125 $8.1M
923 NAICS 923 134 8 $1,868 $9.5M
337 NAICS 337 131 20 $754 $5.2M
336 NAICS 336 109 12 $1,296 $7.3M
486 NAICS 486 108 11 $2,653 $14.9M
321 NAICS 321 84 8 $897 $3.9M
512 NAICS 512 82 13 $429 $1.8M
814 NAICS 814 58 98 $469 $1.4M
925 NAICS 925 55 4 $1,128 $3.2M
111 NAICS 111 35 12 $919 $1.7M
519 NAICS 519 34 24 $948 $1.7M
928 NAICS 928 24 2 $1,249 $1.6M
525 NAICS 525 23 6 $1,406 $1.7M
115 NAICS 115 9 10 $918 $0.4M
112 NAICS 112 5 7 $821 $0.2M
999 NAICS 999 2 1 $2,117 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,056

jobs · $84,596 avg pay

State Government

3,657

jobs · $64,994 avg pay

Local Government

8,605

jobs · $50,802 avg pay

Private

123,855

jobs · $58,200 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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