Louisiana · NAICS 31-33 · Annual, 2025

Manufacturing in Louisiana

Employment, establishments and average pay for NAICS 31-33 in Louisiana, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) employed about 140,500 people in Louisiana across roughly 4,592 establishments, with average annual pay of $94,860.

Employment in Manufacturing in Louisiana grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025. Average pay in the industry is 50.4% above the all-industries average in Louisiana. Quarterly values, full industry 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.

  • 140,500Employment, 2025
  • 4,592Establishments
  • $94,860Avg. annual pay
  • 7.3%Share of Louisiana jobs
  • 0.90Location quotient

The 2025 figures above are a DTG estimate: Estimated · 1.00. † Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all ownerships

Employment in Manufacturing in Louisiana, 2004–2025Line chart of annual employment from 2004 to 2025, from 152,400 to 140,500.050K100K150K200K20042010201520202025

Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 152,400; 2005 151,800; 2006 152,100; 2007 157,500; 2008 152,600; 2009 142,200; 2010 137,300; 2011 139,700; 2012 141,800; 2013 144,000; 2014 147,100; 2015 143,800; 2016 135,900; 2017 134,700; 2018 135,500; 2019 137,700; 2020 131,400; 2021 129,100; 2022 134,400; 2023 139,300; 2024 140,600; 2025 140,500.

Last ten years

Annual · 10 years

YearEmploymentEstab.Avg. annual payChangeSource
2025140,4524,592$94,864 0.1%est. · 1.00
2024140,6054,577$92,111 1.0%pub.
2023139,2624,587$88,516 3.6%pub.
2022134,3994,584$84,779 4.1%pub.
2021129,0934,586$80,802 1.8%pub.
2020131,4454,502$78,186 4.6%pub.
2019137,7434,454$77,603 1.6%pub.
2018135,5234,429$75,884 0.6%pub.
2017134,6924,465$72,608 0.9%pub.
2016135,8824,478$70,739 5.5%pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.

By subsector, 2025

3-digit NAICS · 21 shown

CodeSubsectorEmploymentShare of manufacturingLQSource
311Food Manufacturing16,96212.1%0.77pub.
312Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing2,4931.8%0.61pub.
313Textile Mills3380.2%0.34pub.
314Textile Product Mills8490.6%0.74pub.
315Apparel Manufacturing2350.2%0.24pub.
316Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing620.0%0.21est. · 0.89
321Wood Product Manufacturing7,9045.6%1.59pub.
322Paper Manufacturing6,0014.3%1.38pub.
323Printing and Related Support Activities2,5671.8%0.60pub.
324Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing10,6737.6%7.89pub.
325Chemical Manufacturing28,91820.6%2.62pub.
326Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing4,9353.5%0.57pub.
327Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing4,5733.3%0.89pub.
331Primary Metal Manufacturing3,2372.3%0.72pub.
332Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing19,23813.7%1.09pub.
333Machinery Manufacturing12,3818.8%0.92pub.
334Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing2,4161.7%0.20pub.
335Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing1,9201.4%0.36pub.
336Transportation Equipment Manufacturing8,4096.0%0.38pub.
337Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing1,1040.8%0.27pub.
339Miscellaneous Manufacturing5,2373.7%0.69pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

Where these numbers come from

Reading these figures

The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Where QCEW withheld a value, the marked figure is an estimate that DTG produced under the constraints of the published record; suppression is a property of QCEW, not of DTG, and a withheld value is marked rather than silently omitted. Two things DTG itself holds back, and says so where it does: an estimate that cannot be given a reliability score is not shown, and average pay is not shown where fewer than three jobs are reported. The row is marked withheld, with the reason in a note beneath the table. The mark is on every row that carries a value: the headline, the yearly history, the subsectors and the other states. An estimated value that rounds below one is shown as less than one, not as zero. Quarterly figures, county figures and projected years are in the app.

How this figure was built

Employment is the average of the three monthly counts in each quarter, averaged across the year, and establishments are averaged across the year the same way. Average annual pay is the year’s total wages divided by that average employment. Each of these is DTG’s value: QCEW’s published figure where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate, marked, where it did not. How withheld values are estimated, and what the reliability score beside a figure means, are described on the industry data and disclosure and provenance pages.

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

Notes

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Manufacturing in Louisiana, quarterly, at full depth

This page shows annual figures for manufacturing in Louisiana. A free account shows every detailed industry beneath it, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.

County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.