Book retailers & news dealers in Louisiana 82 establishments · 640 employees · 2024
Firms (LA)
82
Employment
640
Avg Annual Pay
$20,695
State Rank
#29 of 52
How Louisiana compares to national
Metric
Louisiana
National
Louisiana vs. U.S.
Establishments
82
7,900
1.0% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$20,695
$31,213
-$10,518 (-33.7%)
Location quotient
0.81
1.00
19% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
7.8
8.4
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Year-over-year firm growth
+2.5%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.81 means book retailers & news dealers are 19% under-represented in Louisiana's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 459210. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json