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Louisiana · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Louisiana

Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Louisiana, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Louisiana had about 1,926,500 people on their payrolls across roughly 157,799 establishments, with average annual pay of $63,100.

Total employment in Louisiana grew 8.2% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Louisiana are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

  • 1,926,500Employment, 2025
  • 157,799Establishments
  • $63,100Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment in Louisiana, 2004–2025Line chart of annual employment from 2004 to 2025, from 1,865,200 to 1,926,500.0500K1M1.5M2M20042010201520202025

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

CodeSectorEmploymentShare of LouisianaLQSource
11Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting7,6580.4%0.50est. · 1.00
21Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction26,2961.4%3.72est. · 1.00
23Construction146,3537.6%1.40est. · 1.00
31-33Manufacturing140,4527.3%0.90est. · 1.00
22Utilities13,1990.7%1.22est. · 1.00
42Wholesale Trade68,3363.5%0.91est. · 1.00
44-45Retail Trade213,23111.1%1.12est. · 1.00
48-49Transportation and Warehousing93,6494.9%1.00est. · 1.00
51Information20,9181.1%0.57est. · 1.00
52Finance and Insurance56,9993.0%0.73est. · 1.00
53Real Estate and Rental and Leasing31,1411.6%1.03est. · 1.00
54Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services99,2145.1%0.74est. · 1.00
55Management of Companies and Enterprises20,7881.1%0.65pub.
56Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services107,5435.6%0.95est. · 1.00
61Educational Services169,7708.8%1.03pub.
62Health Care and Social Assistance334,77717.4%1.08pub.
71Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation34,8191.8%0.93pub.
72Accommodation and Food Services197,00610.2%1.12pub.
81Other Services (except Public Administration)48,8512.5%0.84est. · 1.00
92Public Administration95,4225.0%0.98pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

YearEmploymentEstab.Avg. annual payChangeSource
20251,926,460157,799$63,097 0.3%pub.
20241,920,358155,055$61,284 1.4%pub.
20231,893,810153,869$59,065 1.5%pub.
20221,865,592148,968$56,576 2.7%pub.
20211,816,296143,084$53,838 2.0%pub.
20201,780,574138,317$51,964 7.4%pub.
20191,923,825134,744$49,286 0.1%pub.
20181,921,499131,999$48,116 0.7%pub.
20171,907,721130,466$46,500 0.0%pub.
20161,908,397127,994$45,622 1.1%pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

CodeOccupation groupEmploymentShare of LouisianaLQ
11-0000Management occupations119,1096.2%0.88
13-0000Business and financial operations occupations87,2324.5%0.68
15-0000Computer and mathematical occupations24,9961.3%0.39
17-0000Architecture and engineering occupations30,4941.6%0.95
19-0000Life, physical, and social science occupations14,7250.8%0.81
21-0000Community and social service occupations29,1271.5%0.89
23-0000Legal occupations16,5610.9%1.03
25-0000Educational instruction and library occupations108,4905.6%0.96
27-0000Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations18,4961.0%0.72
29-0000Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations140,3147.3%1.16
31-0000Healthcare support occupations97,7855.1%1.00
33-0000Protective service occupations57,8973.0%1.25
35-0000Food preparation and serving related occupations185,0929.6%1.10
37-0000Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations55,8142.9%0.99
39-0000Personal care and service occupations38,3762.0%0.96
41-0000Sales and related occupations170,6958.9%1.03
43-0000Office and administrative support occupations233,15812.1%1.03
45-0000Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations2,9710.1%0.55
47-0000Construction and extraction occupations113,6855.9%1.43
49-0000Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations95,5065.0%1.27
51-0000Production occupations102,3775.3%0.96
53-0000Transportation and material moving occupations183,5579.5%1.08

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

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Every industry in Louisiana, quarterly, at full depth

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