Ouachita Parish, LA

FIPS 22073 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Ouachita Parish had an annual average of 69,384 jobs across 5,397 establishments, paying $3.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

69,384

+0.2% YoY

Establishments

5,397

Total Wages

$3.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$50,059

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 Ouachita Parish, LA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 6,452 358 $364 $122.3M
621 NAICS 621 6,432 575 $2,023 $360.3M
561 NAICS 561 5,095 306 $863 $227.6M
622 NAICS 622 3,365 18 $1,253 $219.3M
624 NAICS 624 2,792 189 $562 $73.2M
541 NAICS 541 2,707 661 $1,493 $184.7M
238 NAICS 238 2,537 313 $1,115 $147.1M
623 NAICS 623 2,040 42 $662 $70.3M
522 NAICS 522 1,889 146 $1,552 $130.3M
455 NAICS 455 1,875 68 $512 $49.9M
922 NAICS 922 1,645 30 $2,089 $105.6M
322 NAICS 322 1,552 13 $1,783 $143.9M
445 NAICS 445 1,431 62 $510 $38.0M
423 NAICS 423 1,146 150 $1,539 $91.7M
441 NAICS 441 1,127 99 $1,058 $62.0M
811 NAICS 811 1,015 143 $1,202 $63.4M
457 NAICS 457 858 127 $440 $19.7M
236 NAICS 236 830 109 $1,090 $47.1M
326 NAICS 326 763 9 $1,350 $53.6M
713 NAICS 713 755 55 $341 $13.4M
459 NAICS 459 725 98 $505 $19.0M
456 NAICS 456 714 92 $796 $29.6M
444 NAICS 444 692 52 $753 $27.1M
424 NAICS 424 644 75 $1,378 $46.2M
531 NAICS 531 642 216 $885 $29.1M
332 NAICS 332 625 23 $1,545 $50.2M
551 NAICS 551 579 56 $1,908 $57.5M
524 NAICS 524 578 141 $1,421 $42.7M
721 NAICS 721 566 45 $577 $17.0M
237 NAICS 237 565 43 $1,328 $39.0M
484 NAICS 484 558 78 $1,196 $34.7M
812 NAICS 812 544 109 $649 $18.4M
458 NAICS 458 536 98 $398 $11.1M
221 NAICS 221 490 24 $1,671 $42.6M
516 NAICS 516 452 14 $1,050 $24.7M
611 NAICS 611 447 54 $817 $19.0M
333 NAICS 333 408 14 $1,168 $24.8M
493 NAICS 493 399 8 $810 $16.8M
921 NAICS 921 367 19 $1,844 $21.8M
813 NAICS 813 362 42 $826 $15.6M
532 NAICS 532 360 44 $993 $18.6M
449 NAICS 449 350 53 $915 $16.6M
518 NAICS 518 272 12 $1,731 $24.5M
923 NAICS 923 266 7 $1,655 $14.9M
491 NAICS 491 235 7 $1,253 $15.3M
517 NAICS 517 228 27 $1,751 $20.7M
325 NAICS 325 228 8 $1,832 $21.7M
562 NAICS 562 227 24 $1,209 $14.3M
488 NAICS 488 189 15 $2,104 $11.9M
425 NAICS 425 169 32 $1,300 $11.4M
485 NAICS 485 155 12 $688 $5.5M
321 NAICS 321 137 8 $2,304 $16.4M
523 NAICS 523 131 41 $2,835 $19.3M
336 NAICS 336 101 4 $1,073 $5.6M
339 NAICS 339 99 13 $764 $3.9M
213 NAICS 213 83 19 $1,228 $5.3M
112 NAICS 112 78 3 $857 $3.5M
311 NAICS 311 76 6 $798 $3.2M
323 NAICS 323 76 16 $659 $2.6M
486 NAICS 486 70 10 $2,199 $8.1M
924 NAICS 924 65 7 $1,660 $4.2M
512 NAICS 512 51 10 $448 $1.2M
337 NAICS 337 48 10 $718 $1.8M
925 NAICS 925 48 3 $1,033 $2.6M
513 NAICS 513 40 20 $1,596 $3.3M
525 NAICS 525 38 7 $1,233 $2.4M
926 NAICS 926 33 5 $1,052 $1.8M
111 NAICS 111 21 9 $786 $0.9M
814 NAICS 814 20 46 $473 $0.5M
519 NAICS 519 18 6 $967 $0.9M
928 NAICS 928 16 1 $1,056 $0.9M
533 NAICS 533 7 4 $1,954 $0.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

461

jobs · $76,863 avg pay

State Government

2,496

jobs · $63,100 avg pay

Local Government

7,299

jobs · $46,495 avg pay

Private

59,128

jobs · $49,740 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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