Southwest Information Office

Employment rose in four of the seven largest parishes in Louisiana from March 2023 to March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Prices in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.6 percent for the two months ending in August 2024.

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South was unchanged in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.1 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $38.99 per hour in the South to $53.15 in the Northeast in June 2024.