# Counties in Louisiana by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 64 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/louisiana-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 20,126.4 |
| 2 | Orleans Parish | 14,206 |
| 3 | Jefferson Parish | 13,322.3 |
| 4 | Lafayette Parish | 8,879.9 |
| 5 | Caddo Parish | 7,042.1 |
| 6 | St. Tammany Parish | 6,486.3 |
| 7 | Calcasieu Parish | 6,019.7 |
| 8 | Ascension Parish | 4,006.2 |
| 9 | Ouachita Parish | 3,901.8 |
| 10 | Terrebonne Parish | 3,305.3 |
| 11 | Rapides Parish | 3,288.9 |
| 12 | Bossier Parish | 3,051.7 |
| 13 | St. Charles Parish | 2,761.6 |
| 14 | Lafourche Parish | 2,600.8 |
| 15 | Tangipahoa Parish | 2,527.9 |
| 16 | Livingston Parish | 1,640.4 |
| 17 | Iberville Parish | 1,559.2 |
| 18 | Iberia Parish | 1,540.1 |
| 19 | St. Mary Parish | 1,367.4 |
| 20 | St. Landry Parish | 1,276.7 |
| 21 | Vernon Parish | 1,252.6 |
| 22 | Plaquemines Parish | 1,239.1 |
| 23 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 1,059.7 |
| 24 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 998.3 |
| 25 | Lincoln Parish | 970.9 |
| 26 | St. Bernard Parish | 782.2 |
| 27 | Acadia Parish | 763.2 |
| 28 | Natchitoches Parish | 752.6 |
| 29 | St. Martin Parish | 751.7 |
| 30 | Vermilion Parish | 698.2 |
| 31 | St. James Parish | 651.8 |
| 32 | De Soto Parish | 620.6 |
| 33 | Webster Parish | 605.6 |
| 34 | Washington Parish | 588.5 |
| 35 | Beauregard Parish | 517.5 |
| 36 | Cameron Parish | 490.5 |
| 37 | Avoyelles Parish | 477.4 |
| 38 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 412.3 |
| 39 | Allen Parish | 410.7 |
| 40 | Evangeline Parish | 389.4 |
| 41 | West Feliciana Parish | 382.2 |
| 42 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 356.3 |
| 43 | East Feliciana Parish | 327.8 |
| 44 | Morehouse Parish | 314.4 |
| 45 | Richland Parish | 300.1 |
| 46 | Concordia Parish | 275.8 |
| 47 | Sabine Parish | 275.3 |
| 48 | Assumption Parish | 260.8 |
| 49 | Union Parish | 252.5 |
| 50 | LaSalle Parish | 251.5 |
| 51 | Winn Parish | 237.3 |
| 52 | Jackson Parish | 230.9 |
| 53 | Grant Parish | 225.6 |
| 54 | Bienville Parish | 224.4 |
| 55 | Franklin Parish | 221.6 |
| 56 | Claiborne Parish | 168.9 |
| 57 | Madison Parish | 150.4 |
| 58 | Red River Parish | 140.5 |
| 59 | Caldwell Parish | 107.8 |
| 60 | Catahoula Parish | 107.8 |
| 61 | West Carroll Parish | 101.2 |
| 62 | St. Helena Parish | 96.7 |
| 63 | East Carroll Parish | 77.6 |
| 64 | Tensas Parish | 47.9 |