# Counties in Louisiana by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 64 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/louisiana-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cameron Parish | 2,374 |
| 2 | Plaquemines Parish | 1,790 |
| 3 | Iberville Parish | 1,717 |
| 4 | St. Charles Parish | 1,695 |
| 5 | St. James Parish | 1,552 |
| 6 | West Feliciana Parish | 1,488 |
| 7 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 1,446 |
| 8 | Ascension Parish | 1,400 |
| 9 | Orleans Parish | 1,357 |
| 10 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 1,308 |
| 10 | Lafourche Parish | 1,308 |
| 12 | De Soto Parish | 1,289 |
| 13 | Jefferson Parish | 1,275 |
| 14 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 1,274 |
| 15 | Grant Parish | 1,272 |
| 16 | Terrebonne Parish | 1,236 |
| 17 | St. Mary Parish | 1,217 |
| 18 | Calcasieu Parish | 1,213 |
| 19 | East Feliciana Parish | 1,206 |
| 20 | St. Tammany Parish | 1,183 |
| 21 | St. Bernard Parish | 1,172 |
| 22 | Caddo Parish | 1,150 |
| 23 | Iberia Parish | 1,146 |
| 23 | Lafayette Parish | 1,146 |
| 25 | Assumption Parish | 1,129 |
| 26 | St. Martin Parish | 1,078 |
| 27 | Jackson Parish | 1,068 |
| 28 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 1,050 |
| 29 | Bienville Parish | 1,043 |
| 30 | Bossier Parish | 1,031 |
| 30 | Rapides Parish | 1,031 |
| 32 | Webster Parish | 1,028 |
| 33 | Beauregard Parish | 1,027 |
| 34 | Ouachita Parish | 999 |
| 35 | St. Helena Parish | 994 |
| 36 | Claiborne Parish | 982 |
| 37 | Red River Parish | 981 |
| 38 | Allen Parish | 974 |
| 39 | Winn Parish | 965 |
| 40 | Vernon Parish | 962 |
| 41 | Vermilion Parish | 950 |
| 42 | LaSalle Parish | 945 |
| 43 | Tangipahoa Parish | 942 |
| 44 | St. Landry Parish | 932 |
| 45 | Lincoln Parish | 928 |
| 46 | Washington Parish | 910 |
| 47 | Livingston Parish | 908 |
| 48 | Natchitoches Parish | 907 |
| 49 | Concordia Parish | 903 |
| 50 | Richland Parish | 900 |
| 51 | Morehouse Parish | 898 |
| 51 | Sabine Parish | 898 |
| 53 | Acadia Parish | 886 |
| 54 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 876 |
| 55 | Evangeline Parish | 866 |
| 56 | West Carroll Parish | 859 |
| 57 | Tensas Parish | 858 |
| 58 | Union Parish | 843 |
| 59 | Caldwell Parish | 826 |
| 60 | Avoyelles Parish | 825 |
| 61 | East Carroll Parish | 807 |
| 62 | Catahoula Parish | 788 |
| 63 | Franklin Parish | 777 |
| 64 | Madison Parish | 754 |