Louisiana’s October seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.8 percent. This figure is 0.3 percentage points lower than September’s rate of 5.1 percent. This is the sixth consecutive month the unemployment rate has declined.
Staff report
September unemployment rates in the Tri-Parish area fell from August and from a year ago, according to not-seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor & Statistics (BLS).
Economist Loren Scott said the Lafayette area will lose about 800 jobs in 2018, but should experience a recovery in 2019 with the addition of 1,600 jobs.
Unemployment rates in the Tri-Parish area posted improvement in the Bureau of Labor and Statistics report released Friday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
Unemployment rates in the Tri-Parish area declined from June and from a year ago in July, according to Bureau of Labor and Statistics information released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
Seasonally adjusted data released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) indicates that the Louisiana unemployment rate continued its decrease, down to 5.3 percent for July.
June unemployment rates in the Tri-Parish area improved from a year ago, but the workforce has yet to catch up to the 2016 numbers, according to Bureau of Labor and Statistics data released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
Unemployment rates in the Tri-Parish area showed improvement in May, according to information from the Bureau of Labor & Statistics and release by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
Tri-Parish unemployment rates in April improved from those a year ago, but the area’s workforce continues to be be below 2016 levels.
According to a report by the Louisiana Workforce Commission on April’s job numbers:
The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC)’s Region IV Business & Career Solutions Center will participate in the Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA) Job Fair on Tuesday, May 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.