The following labor market figures for each of the 5 parishes in SWLA come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC).
Household employment figures come from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) from the BLS. The nonfarm and industry employment statistics are from the State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings from the BLS. The job openings data comes from the LWC Louisiana Occupational Information System (LOIS).
The latest employment data each month is preliminary. The next month, this is revised and the previous month is revised as more data comes in. Every year, the employment data is subject to benchmark revisions which may cause large changes.
For more information, please contract the Drew CBEA.
Allen Parish
Allen Parish Household Employment
1
Jan 2017
6.3
566
8,408.0
8,974.0
2
Feb 2017
5.2
464
8,416.0
8,880.0
3
Mar 2017
4.9
441
8,508.0
8,949.0
4
Apr 2017
4.8
431
8,610.0
9,041.0
5
May 2017
4.9
441
8,640.0
9,081.0
6
Jun 2017
5.8
538
8,678.0
9,216.0
7
Jul 2017
6.0
535
8,428.0
8,963.0
8
Aug 2017
5.7
505
8,430.0
8,935.0
9
Sep 2017
5.0
454
8,577.0
9,031.0
10
Oct 2017
4.6
409
8,562.0
8,971.0
Beauregard Parish
Beauregard Parish Household Employment
1
Jan 2017
6.8
987
13,622.0
14,609.0
2
Feb 2017
5.5
796
13,722.0
14,518.0
3
Mar 2017
5.2
761
13,861.0
14,622.0
4
Apr 2017
5.2
781
14,150.0
14,931.0
5
May 2017
5.3
797
14,131.0
14,928.0
6
Jun 2017
5.7
852
14,162.0
15,014.0
7
Jul 2017
5.9
883
13,974.0
14,857.0
8
Aug 2017
5.7
838
13,865.0
14,703.0
9
Sep 2017
5.3
773
13,816.0
14,589.0
10
Oct 2017
4.3
631
14,029.0
14,660.0
Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish Household Employment
1
Jan 2017
4.8
5,017.0
99,292.0
104,309.0
2
Feb 2017
4.2
4,389.0
100,072.0
104,461.0
3
Mar 2017
3.9
4,169.0
102,243.0
106,412.0
4
Apr 2017
3.8
4,096.0
103,266.0
107,362.0
5
May 2017
3.9
4,183.0
103,626.0
107,809.0
6
Jun 2017
4.4
4,831.0
105,579.0
110,410.0
7
Jul 2017
4.3
4,756.0
106,895.0
111,651.0
8
Aug 2017
4.2
4,631.0
106,323.0
110,954.0
9
Sep 2017
3.9
4,317.0
106,428.0
110,745.0
10
Oct 2017
3.3
3,701.0
106,889.0
110,590.0
Cameron Parish
Cameron Parish Household Employment
1
Jan 2017
4.3
164
3,683.0
3,847.0
2
Feb 2017
4.0
155
3,708.0
3,863.0
3
Mar 2017
3.6
143
3,791.0
3,934.0
4
Apr 2017
3.5
140
3,828.0
3,968.0
5
May 2017
3.3
131
3,849.0
3,980.0
6
Jun 2017
3.8
154
3,928.0
4,082.0
7
Jul 2017
3.9
160
3,971.0
4,131.0
8
Aug 2017
3.9
159
3,944.0
4,103.0
9
Sep 2017
3.6
147
3,940.0
4,087.0
10
Oct 2017
3.1
127
3,953.0
4,080.0
Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish Household Employment
1
Jan 2017
6.0
804
12,678.0
13,482.0
2
Feb 2017
5.2
701
12,760.0
13,461.0
3
Mar 2017
4.9
660
12,803.0
13,463.0
4
Apr 2017
4.7
640
13,017.0
13,657.0
5
May 2017
4.7
644
13,045.0
13,689.0
6
Jun 2017
5.2
728
13,197.0
13,925.0
7
Jul 2017
5.3
741
13,237.0
13,978.0
8
Aug 2017
5.2
721
13,119.0
13,840.0
9
Sep 2017
4.7
639
12,956.0
13,595.0
10
Oct 2017
4.1
559
13,075.0
13,634.0
Job Openings Data by Parish
Parish Job Openings
1
Jan 2017
220
361
5,572.0
401
245
6,799.0
2
Feb 2017
220
319
5,087.0
592
224
6,442.0
3
Mar 2017
196
263
5,072.0
984
185
6,700.0
4
Apr 2017
196
229
5,243.0
866
208
6,742.0
5
May 2017
184
203
5,119.0
803
205
6,514.0
6
Jun 2017
168
237
4,977.0
645
160
6,187.0
7
Jul 2017
151
238
5,147.0
573
159
6,268.0
8
Aug 2017
161
225
5,025.0
232
133
5,776.0
9
Sep 2017
132
230
4,798.0
146
148
5,454.0
10
Oct 2017
144
216
4,879.0
136
157
5,532.0
Job Postings Data by Parish
Parish Job Postings
1
Jan 2017
104
174
2,652.0
140
75
3,145.0
2
Feb 2017
85
94
1,737.0
338
45
2,299.0
3
Mar 2017
61
100
2,173.0
593
63
2,990.0
4
Apr 2017
83
96
2,100.0
210
75
2,564.0
5
May 2017
85
88
2,145.0
351
86
2,755.0
6
Jun 2017
59
110
2,177.0
343
64
2,753.0
7
Jul 2017
63
113
2,401.0
251
75
2,903.0
8
Aug 2017
78
113
1,971.0
59
64
2,285.0
9
Sep 2017
50
84
1,958.0
37
64
2,193.0
10
Oct 2017
62
85
2,026.0
46
71
2,290.0
