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Lafayette

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2025
Lafayette, LA, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lafayette — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — December 2022	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2023
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana – First Quarter 2022	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2022

Lafayette, LA Economy at a Glance:

Lafayette, LA

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		214.9	213.4	212.2	(p)212.2		(p)196.9
Employment(1)		206.3	204.5	202.9	(p)203.4		(p)190.6
Unemployment(1)		8.6	8.9	9.3	(p)8.8		(p)6.3
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.0	4.2	4.4	(p)4.2		(p)3.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		184.1	183.0	185.8	186.4	186.0	(p)184.6
12-month % change		2.0	1.1	1.7	1.9	1.6	(p)1.5
Mining and Logging(3)		7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	(p)7.6
12-month % change		-2.5	-2.5	0.0	1.3	0.0	(p)1.3
Construction(3)		10.2	10.1	10.4	10.3	10.2	(p)10.0
12-month % change		12.1	9.8	9.5	12.0	10.9	(p)6.4
Manufacturing(3)		14.1	14.0	14.3	14.3	14.3	(p)14.5
12-month % change		1.4	1.4	2.9	2.1	2.1	(p)3.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		36.6	36.4	36.7	37.2	37.8	(p)36.8
12-month % change		0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	1.1	(p)-0.3
Information(3)		1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	(p)1.4
12-month % change		-11.8	-6.3	-6.3	-6.3	-6.3	(p)-12.5
Financial Activities(3)		8.8	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.8	(p)8.7
12-month % change		-1.1	-2.2	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	(p)-1.1
Professional and Business Services(3)		21.5	21.1	21.3	21.2	21.0	(p)20.6
12-month % change		2.9	0.5	0.9	0.0	-1.4	(p)-0.5
Education and Health Services(3)		33.8	33.4	34.0	33.9	34.0	(p)34.0
12-month % change		3.0	2.1	3.0	2.4	2.1	(p)3.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		20.6	20.5	20.6	20.8	20.7	(p)20.7
12-month % change		3.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	(p)3.5
Other Services(3)		6.6	6.6	6.7	6.8	6.7	(p)6.7
12-month % change		1.5	1.5	1.5	4.6	3.1	(p)1.5
Government(3)		22.7	23.0	23.8	23.9	23.4	(p)23.6
12-month % change		1.3	1.3	2.6	2.1	1.7	(p)0.4
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary