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Counties in Louisiana by average weekly wage (QCEW)

Cameron Parish had the highest average weekly wage (QCEW) of 64 counties in 2024, at $2,237. Franklin Parish had the lowest, at $739. The median was $964 and the figure for Louisiana was $1,179. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,237Cameron Parish
Lowest739Franklin Parish
Median96464 counties
Louisiana1,179History

Map of counties, 2024

Acadia Parish: 867 USDAllen Parish: 956 USDAscension Parish: 1,381 USDAssumption Parish: 1,104 USDAvoyelles Parish: 814 USDBeauregard Parish: 964 USDBienville Parish: 992 USDBossier Parish: 1,003 USDCaddo Parish: 1,112 USDCalcasieu Parish: 1,187 USDCaldwell Parish: 802 USDCameron Parish: 2,237 USDCatahoula Parish: 748 USDClaiborne Parish: 913 USDConcordia Parish: 884 USDDe Soto Parish: 1,281 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 1,284 USDEast Carroll Parish: 804 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 1,110 USDEvangeline Parish: 840 USDFranklin Parish: 739 USDGrant Parish: 1,069 USDIberia Parish: 1,102 USDIberville Parish: 1,688 USDJackson Parish: 1,039 USDJefferson Parish: 1,227 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 849 USDLafayette Parish: 1,118 USDLafourche Parish: 1,291 USDLaSalle Parish: 940 USDLincoln Parish: 889 USDLivingston Parish: 888 USDMadison Parish: 743 USDMorehouse Parish: 857 USDNatchitoches Parish: 885 USDOrleans Parish: 1,300 USDOuachita Parish: 963 USDPlaquemines Parish: 1,696 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 1,016 USDRapides Parish: 996 USDRed River Parish: 940 USDRichland Parish: 829 USDSabine Parish: 870 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 1,190 USDSt. Charles Parish: 1,867 USDSt. Helena Parish: 962 USDSt. James Parish: 1,519 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 1,403 USDSt. Landry Parish: 906 USDSt. Martin Parish: 1,034 USDSt. Mary Parish: 1,191 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 1,141 USDTangipahoa Parish: 900 USDTensas Parish: 856 USDTerrebonne Parish: 1,198 USDUnion Parish: 812 USDVermilion Parish: 927 USDVernon Parish: 939 USDWashington Parish: 886 USDWebster Parish: 948 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 1,299 USDWest Carroll Parish: 823 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 1,377 USDWinn Parish: 940 USD
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USD, 2024. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

Cameron Parish: 2,237 USDCameron Parish2,237St. Charles Parish: 1,867 USDSt. Charles Parish1,867Plaquemines Parish: 1,696 USDPlaquemines Parish1,696Iberville Parish: 1,688 USDIberville Parish1,688St. James Parish: 1,519 USDSt. James Parish1,519St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,403 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,403Ascension Parish: 1,381 USDAscension Parish1,381West Feliciana Parish: 1,377 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,377Orleans Parish: 1,300 USDOrleans Parish1,300West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,299 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,299Lafourche Parish: 1,291 USDLafourche Parish1,291East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,284 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,284De Soto Parish: 1,281 USDDe Soto Parish1,281Jefferson Parish: 1,227 USDJefferson Parish1,227Terrebonne Parish: 1,198 USDTerrebonne Parish1,198St. Mary Parish: 1,191 USDSt. Mary Parish1,191St. Bernard Parish: 1,190 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,190Calcasieu Parish: 1,187 USDCalcasieu Parish1,187St. Tammany Parish: 1,141 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,141Lafayette Parish: 1,118 USDLafayette Parish1,118Caddo Parish: 1,112 USDCaddo Parish1,112East Feliciana Parish: 1,110 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,110Assumption Parish: 1,104 USDAssumption Parish1,104Iberia Parish: 1,102 USDIberia Parish1,102Grant Parish: 1,069 USDGrant Parish1,069Jackson Parish: 1,039 USDJackson Parish1,039St. Martin Parish: 1,034 USDSt. Martin Parish1,034Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,016 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,016Bossier Parish: 1,003 USDBossier Parish1,003Rapides Parish: 996 USDRapides Parish996Bienville Parish: 992 USDBienville Parish992Beauregard Parish: 964 USDBeauregard Parish964Ouachita Parish: 963 USDOuachita Parish963St. Helena Parish: 962 USDSt. Helena Parish962Allen Parish: 956 USDAllen Parish956Webster Parish: 948 USDWebster Parish948LaSalle Parish: 940 USDLaSalle Parish940Red River Parish: 940 USDRed River Parish940Winn Parish: 940 USDWinn Parish940Vernon Parish: 939 USDVernon Parish939Cameron Parish: 2,237 USDCameron Parish2,237St. Charles Parish: 1,867 USDSt. Charles Parish1,867Plaquemines Parish: 1,696 USDPlaquemines Parish1,696Iberville Parish: 1,688 USDIberville Parish1,688St. James Parish: 1,519 USDSt. James Parish1,519St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,403 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,403Ascension Parish: 1,381 USDAscension Parish1,381West Feliciana Parish: 1,377 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,377Orleans Parish: 1,300 USDOrleans Parish1,300West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,299 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,299Lafourche Parish: 1,291 USDLafourche Parish1,291East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,284 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,284De Soto Parish: 1,281 USDDe Soto Parish1,281Jefferson Parish: 1,227 USDJefferson Parish1,227Terrebonne Parish: 1,198 USDTerrebonne Parish1,198St. Mary Parish: 1,191 USDSt. Mary Parish1,191St. Bernard Parish: 1,190 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,190Calcasieu Parish: 1,187 USDCalcasieu Parish1,187St. Tammany Parish: 1,141 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,141Lafayette Parish: 1,118 USDLafayette Parish1,118Caddo Parish: 1,112 USDCaddo Parish1,112East Feliciana Parish: 1,110 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,110Assumption Parish: 1,104 USDAssumption Parish1,104Iberia Parish: 1,102 USDIberia Parish1,102Grant Parish: 1,069 USDGrant Parish1,069Jackson Parish: 1,039 USDJackson Parish1,039St. Martin Parish: 1,034 USDSt. Martin Parish1,034Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,016 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,016Bossier Parish: 1,003 USDBossier Parish1,003Rapides Parish: 996 USDRapides Parish996Bienville Parish: 992 USDBienville Parish992Beauregard Parish: 964 USDBeauregard Parish964Ouachita Parish: 963 USDOuachita Parish963St. Helena Parish: 962 USDSt. Helena Parish962Allen Parish: 956 USDAllen Parish956Webster Parish: 948 USDWebster Parish948LaSalle Parish: 940 USDLaSalle Parish940Red River Parish: 940 USDRed River Parish940Winn Parish: 940 USDWinn Parish940Vernon Parish: 939 USDVernon Parish939
USD. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024
USD		Change on 2023
1Cameron Parish2,237+10.1%
2St. Charles Parish1,867+5.1%
3Plaquemines Parish1,696+11.9%
4Iberville Parish1,688+6.9%
5St. James Parish1,519+5.3%
6St. John the Baptist Parish1,403+4.2%
7Ascension Parish1,381+5.7%
8West Feliciana Parish1,377-7%
9Orleans Parish1,300+3.8%
10West Baton Rouge Parish1,299+4.8%
11Lafourche Parish1,291+3.5%
12East Baton Rouge Parish1,284+4.3%
13De Soto Parish1,281+5.2%
14Jefferson Parish1,227+2.8%
15Terrebonne Parish1,198+2.6%
16St. Mary Parish1,191+2.9%
17St. Bernard Parish1,190+3.3%
18Calcasieu Parish1,187+1.9%
19St. Tammany Parish1,141+1.9%
20Lafayette Parish1,118+3%
21Caddo Parish1,112+2.8%
22East Feliciana Parish1,110+5.5%
23Assumption Parish1,104+7.3%
24Iberia Parish1,102+3.1%
25Grant Parish1,069+6.4%
26Jackson Parish1,039+4%
27St. Martin Parish1,034+1.5%
28Pointe Coupee Parish1,016+3.7%
29Bossier Parish1,003+1.9%
30Rapides Parish996+4.4%
31Bienville Parish992+6.1%
32Beauregard Parish964+1.4%
33Ouachita Parish963+4%
34St. Helena Parish962+6.1%
35Allen Parish956+3.9%
36Webster Parish948+0.9%
37LaSalle Parish940+5.4%
37Red River Parish940+0.5%
37Winn Parish940+2.1%
40Vernon Parish939+4.2%
41Vermilion Parish927+0.3%
42Claiborne Parish913-0.1%
43St. Landry Parish906+1.8%
44Tangipahoa Parish900+3.2%
45Lincoln Parish889+1.3%
46Livingston Parish888+2.8%
47Washington Parish886+5.6%
48Natchitoches Parish885+2.2%
49Concordia Parish884+2.2%
50Sabine Parish870+3.6%
51Acadia Parish867+3%
52Morehouse Parish857+3.3%
53Tensas Parish856+3.6%
54Jefferson Davis Parish849+0.8%
55Evangeline Parish840+4.5%
56Richland Parish829-2.2%
57West Carroll Parish823+6.5%
58Avoyelles Parish814+5.7%
59Union Parish812-0.5%
60East Carroll Parish804+3.2%
61Caldwell Parish802+3.9%
62Catahoula Parish748-0.1%
63Madison Parish743+4.2%
64Franklin Parish739+3.5%

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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.

In current dollars, not adjusted for inflation. An average per job, so part-time jobs pull it down and high earners pull it up; for the typical job use median_annual_wage. Wages include bonuses, stock options exercised, severance pay and tips, which makes counties with corporate headquarters stand out. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools.

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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/2024/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Louisiana by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2024/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/louisiana-counties?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest average weekly wage (QCEW)?

Cameron Parish, with $2,237 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which county has the lowest average weekly wage (QCEW)?

Franklin Parish, with $739 in 2024.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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