Southwest Information Office

Lake Charles

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPayWorkplace fatalities
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lake Charles – May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2019
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2018
Consumer Price Index, South Region – October 2019	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Nov 2019
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana – First Quarter 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2019

Lake Charles, LA Economy at a Glance:

Lake Charles, LA

Data Series	Back Data	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		104.0	101.7	102.0	102.0	(p)103.4
Employment(1)		99.7	98.2	98.7	99.1	(p)100.6
Unemployment(1)		4.3	3.5	3.3	2.8	(p)2.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.2	3.4	3.2	2.8	(p)2.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		101.1	100.9	101.1	101.8	102.8	(p)102.8
12-month % change		1.8	3.0	2.7	1.1	1.7	(p)1.9
Mining and Logging(3)		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	(p)0.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		19.0	18.4	18.5	18.5	18.7	(p)18.8
12-month % change		2.7	4.0	2.8	-1.6	1.6	(p)2.7
Manufacturing(3)		10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	(p)11.2
12-month % change		3.8	4.8	5.8	3.8	4.7	(p)4.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		16.9	16.9	16.8	17.0	17.6	(p)17.6
12-month % change		1.2	0.6	-0.6	-1.2	2.3	(p)0.6
Professional and Business Services(3)		9.5	9.4	9.3	9.4	9.4	(p)9.3
12-month % change		1.1	0.0	0.0	-1.1	-1.1	(p)-1.1
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	(p)12.8
12-month % change		5.8	5.8	5.8	5.0	2.4	(p)4.1
Government(3)		12.9	13.1	13.6	13.8	14.0	(p)13.8
12-month % change		-5.8	-0.8	0.7	1.5	0.7	(p)3.0
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