Jobs

October’s unemployment rate at 4.8%, continues historic decline

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. The last time the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.

Tri-Parish jobless rates improve

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). The St. Landry Parish jobless rate in September was 6.8 percent, down from 7.3 percent in August and 8.

Economist answers the question about when job growth will occur in Lafayette area

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. Scott made his 14th annual Louisiana Economic Output report to One Acadiana in Lafayette on Thursday morning.

Tri-Parish jobless rates improve

Unemployment rates in the Tri-Parish area posted improvement in the Bureau of Labor and Statistics report released Friday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The August jobless rates in St. Landry, Acadia and Evangeline parishes were lower than those reported in August 2016.

Tri-Parish jobless rates fall

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. St. Landry Parish’s jobless rate in July was 7.4 percent, down from 7.9 percent in June and 8.

Louisiana’s unemployment rate continues to fall

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. The last time the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3 percent was September of 2008.

Jobless rate improves from a year ago

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. The combined workforce for St.

Tri-Parish job numbers improve

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. St. Landry Parish’s unemployment rate in May was 7.2 percent, down from 7.9 percent in April 2016 and from 7.

Tri-Parish jobless rates improve

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: — St. Landry Parish’s jobless rate was 7.3 percent, down from 7.

Lafayette area job fair to host more than 80 employers

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. at the Cajundome Convention Center.