Total licensed trades on the Louisiana register, by trade and place. Nightly.
Louisiana carries 14,979 licensed skilled-trades workers on its state register as of 2026-08-09, 327.5 per 100,000 residents.
The Louisiana register records location by place. Counts below are the twelve largest.
| Place | Licensed trades |
|---|---|
| Baton Rouge | 411 |
| New Orleans | 342 |
| Metairie | 261 |
| Shreveport | 165 |
| Lafayette | 159 |
| Slidell | 153 |
| Denham Springs | 146 |
| Kenner | 140 |
| Lake Charles | 131 |
| Covington | 120 |
| West Monroe | 97 |
| Mandeville | 96 |
New licenses, ladder upgrades, classification changes and lapses, by market and credential tier. Read the quarterly free, or license the underlying data.