Orleans Parish, LA

FIPS 22071 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Orleans Parish had an annual average of 188,049 jobs across 17,205 establishments, paying $12.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

188,049

+0.3% YoY

Establishments

17,205

Total Wages

$12.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$67,626

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 Orleans Parish, LA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 26,501 1,833 $612 $842.7M
611 NAICS 611 23,448 441 $1,747 $1,707.2M
541 NAICS 541 15,499 3,648 $2,082 $1,659.6M
561 NAICS 561 10,641 1,016 $1,065 $575.3M
721 NAICS 721 9,712 244 $900 $454.6M
621 NAICS 621 9,614 964 $1,490 $716.5M
922 NAICS 922 5,651 88 $2,138 $481.2M
624 NAICS 624 4,654 560 $3,259 $182.8M
711 NAICS 711 3,101 290 $805 $129.8M
455 NAICS 455 2,881 74 $760 $87.5M
926 NAICS 926 2,760 59 $1,841 $237.4M
445 NAICS 445 2,699 295 $960 $78.3M
812 NAICS 812 2,502 415 $685 $89.2M
622 NAICS 622 2,452 1 $2,138 $272.6M
488 NAICS 488 2,426 121 $1,300 $164.1M
531 NAICS 531 2,294 616 $1,265 $150.9M
813 NAICS 813 2,217 358 $1,397 $161.1M
522 NAICS 522 2,196 255 $2,397 $273.6M
238 NAICS 238 1,996 343 $1,564 $162.4M
551 NAICS 551 1,992 222 $2,625 $271.9M
458 NAICS 458 1,870 348 $678 $65.9M
524 NAICS 524 1,818 274 $2,036 $192.5M
512 NAICS 512 1,706 116 $1,242 $110.1M
459 NAICS 459 1,692 356 $844 $74.2M
423 NAICS 423 1,560 314 $1,612 $130.8M
712 NAICS 712 1,530 26 $939 $74.7M
311 NAICS 311 1,527 62 $1,485 $117.9M
713 NAICS 713 1,511 138 $1,380 $50.0M
424 NAICS 424 1,386 215 $1,681 $121.2M
456 NAICS 456 1,318 214 $864 $59.2M
491 NAICS 491 1,302 12 $1,392 $94.3M
221 NAICS 221 1,155 38 $2,666 $100.9M
492 NAICS 492 1,060 34 $1,017 $56.0M
236 NAICS 236 1,027 286 $1,536 $82.0M
921 NAICS 921 1,001 55 $2,089 $82.0M
928 NAICS 928 949 3 $1,802 $88.9M
444 NAICS 444 895 60 $927 $43.1M
237 NAICS 237 893 57 $1,765 $82.0M
493 NAICS 493 784 27 $1,938 $79.0M
811 NAICS 811 783 151 $1,323 $42.3M
485 NAICS 485 768 54 $924 $36.9M
923 NAICS 923 759 30 $1,814 $62.4M
441 NAICS 441 738 76 $949 $36.4M
523 NAICS 523 733 180 $4,585 $174.7M
484 NAICS 484 714 124 $1,221 $45.3M
516 NAICS 516 619 66 $1,801 $57.9M
513 NAICS 513 601 327 $2,248 $70.3M
457 NAICS 457 584 137 $632 $19.2M
532 NAICS 532 583 90 $896 $27.2M
562 NAICS 562 498 44 $1,204 $31.2M
449 NAICS 449 476 124 $1,137 $28.1M
518 NAICS 518 421 128 $2,503 $54.8M
487 NAICS 487 418 19 $930 $20.2M
924 NAICS 924 355 14 $1,759 $23.4M
339 NAICS 339 346 41 $1,064 $19.2M
312 NAICS 312 298 30 $936 $14.5M
425 NAICS 425 283 120 $2,941 $43.3M
517 NAICS 517 263 43 $2,095 $28.6M
213 NAICS 213 236 16 $3,799 $46.6M
323 NAICS 323 213 34 $921 $10.2M
814 NAICS 814 211 400 $686 $7.5M
925 NAICS 925 179 19 $2,458 $15.9M
332 NAICS 332 159 20 $1,201 $9.9M
325 NAICS 325 147 17 $2,396 $18.3M
327 NAICS 327 143 16 $1,388 $10.3M
483 NAICS 483 126 20 $1,849 $12.2M
519 NAICS 519 91 43 $2,589 $12.3M
337 NAICS 337 56 14 $1,015 $3.0M
927 NAICS 927 33 1 $2,858 $5.0M
315 NAICS 315 26 15 $951 $1.3M
336 NAICS 336 24 1 $2,294 $2.9M
533 NAICS 533 20 10 $1,377 $1.4M
333 NAICS 333 20 10 $2,402 $2.6M
326 NAICS 326 14 6 $1,634 $1.2M
481 NAICS 481 6 7 $1,262 $0.4M
999 NAICS 999 5 14 $753 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

9,734

jobs · $98,358 avg pay

State Government

8,205

jobs · $83,367 avg pay

Local Government

9,005

jobs · $70,914 avg pay

Private

161,105

jobs · $64,784 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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