How many sign shops are in the New Orleans area?

Name: Sign shops in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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34 sign shops

in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 43% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 27.9% of Louisiana's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023-5.6%2 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration1.43×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The New Orleans area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
39	Oklahoma City areaOK	39	—	—	1.27×
41	Jacksonville areaFL	37	—	—	1.07×
41	Raleigh areaNC	37	234	$53,392	1.02×
43	New Orleans areaLA	34	—	—	1.43×
43	Sacramento areaCA	34	—	—	0.52×
45	Providence areaRI-MA	32	—	—	0.82×
46	Greenville areaSC	30	—	—	1.65×

All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. For Louisiana as a whole, with 2025 figures and the trend since 2014, see the Louisiana page.

Other metro areas in Louisiana

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Baton Rouge area	24	—	—	1.29×
Lafayette area	12	—	—	1.20×
Shreveport area	12	—	—	1.56×
Houma area	6	—	—	1.72×
Monroe area	6	—	—	1.36×
Slidell area	6	51	$44,384	0.87×
Lake Charles area	5	—	—	1.13×
Alexandria area	2	—	—	0.73×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the New Orleans area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 34 sign manufacturing establishments in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 43 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the New Orleans area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the New Orleans area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Louisiana's sign shops paid an average of $46,172 that year.

Does the New Orleans area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 43% larger share of the New Orleans area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.43, where 1.00 is the national share).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 339950 Sign Manufacturing, New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan statistical area, 2024 and 2023 annual averages, read September 24, 2026. 2024 is the latest year the BLS has published for metro areas. Concentration is the BLS location quotient for establishments. Ranks computed from the 383 metro areas with a published count; tied areas share a rank.