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Baton Rouge

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Baton Rouge Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jun 2018
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Baton Rouge – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2017
Consumer Price Index, South Region – June 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 2018
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana – First Quarter 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2017

Baton Rouge, LA Economy at a Glance:

Baton Rouge, LA
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2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)418.5 418.7 424.1 426.3 426.9 (p)422.2

Employment(1)

 (r)403.8 402.3 409.1 410.0 410.7 (p)404.4

Unemployment(1)

 (r)14.7 16.5 15.0 16.3 16.2 (p)17.7

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)3.5 3.9 3.5 3.8 3.8 (p)4.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 408.3 401.6 406.5 409.3 412.1 (p)411.2

12-month % change

 1.0 0.0 -0.4 0.3 1.1 (p)0.7

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 (p)0.9

12-month % change

 -10.0 -10.0 0.0 12.5 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 48.1 45.3 47.2 48.1 49.6 (p)51.1

12-month % change

 -2.4 -11.7 -12.1 -8.9 -4.2 (p)-2.3

Manufacturing(3)

 29.1 28.8 28.9 28.9 28.9 (p)29.0

12-month % change

 -1.0 -1.4 -1.4 -1.4 -1.0 (p)-0.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 71.4 70.7 69.7 70.4 70.8 (p)70.3

12-month % change

 -1.7 -0.6 -1.1 -0.3 0.3 (p)-0.3

Information(3)

 4.9 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.6 (p)5.7

12-month % change

 -9.3 0.0 -1.9 -3.6 -6.7 (p)-5.0

Financial Activities(3)

 19.4 19.3 19.1 19.1 19.4 (p)19.2

12-month % change

 3.2 2.7 1.6 2.1 2.6 (p)1.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

 47.9 46.9 46.9 47.5 48.0 (p)47.1

12-month % change

 3.5 2.6 1.3 2.4 3.2 (p)1.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 53.3 53.8 54.4 54.4 54.2 (p)53.7

12-month % change

 1.5 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.5 (p)1.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 41.3 40.5 41.6 41.4 42.0 (p)41.6

12-month % change

 8.7 7.1 7.2 6.2 7.1 (p)4.3

Other Services(3)

 16.6 16.6 16.8 16.9 16.9 (p)16.9

12-month % change

 1.8 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.8 (p)2.4

Government(3)

 75.4 73.9 75.7 76.3 75.8 (p)75.7

12-month % change

 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.2 (p)1.2

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
(r) Revised