Home Health Care Services in Louisiana

Home Health Care Services (NAICS 621610) in Louisiana reports 15,720 workers across 486 establishments, with $604.2M of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 1.0% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Louisiana is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale. Louisiana accounts for 1.2% of the national Home Health Care Services establishment count (486 of 40,762), according to Census County Business Patterns.

Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for Home Health Care Services employees in Louisiana is $38,434/yr, versus a national average of $38,091/yr. Louisiana pays above the national average for this industry, which usually reflects higher skill concentration, union density, or regional cost of living.

Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for Home Health Care Services is not reported, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the Home Health Care Services national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Louisiana overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).