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Baton Rouge

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Baton Rouge Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2023
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Baton Rouge — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — August 2023	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 2023
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana – First Quarter 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2023

Baton Rouge, LA Economy at a Glance:

Baton Rouge, LA

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		441.0	438.4	437.9	436.1	(p)431.7
Employment(1)		428.3	426.2	422.9	418.6	(p)418.6
Unemployment(1)		12.7	12.3	15.1	17.6	(p)13.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.9	2.8	3.4	4.0	(p)3.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		421.7	423.2	425.0	420.0	417.8	(p)422.1
12-month % change		3.3	3.0	3.5	4.3	2.8	(p)2.7
Mining and Logging(3)		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	(p)0.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	16.7	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		50.6	52.4	53.5	53.4	51.6	(p)52.6
12-month % change		9.1	10.1	13.3	14.8	10.3	(p)15.6
Manufacturing(3)		30.2	30.5	30.6	30.9	30.9	(p)30.7
12-month % change		6.3	6.6	6.6	6.6	5.5	(p)4.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		71.5	71.6	71.9	71.3	71.3	(p)71.8
12-month % change		-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.1	-1.8	(p)-1.6
Information(3)		5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	(p)5.8
12-month % change		-5.0	-12.3	0.0	5.6	-9.5	(p)-6.5
Financial Activities(3)		19.4	19.5	19.5	19.6	19.9	(p)19.9
12-month % change		7.8	7.1	7.1	6.5	5.9	(p)5.3
Professional and Business Services(3)		53.7	53.1	54.1	54.2	55.0	(p)55.1
12-month % change		1.7	-0.6	1.3	4.0	3.6	(p)3.0
Education and Health Services(3)		59.7	60.3	60.5	59.7	60.0	(p)60.1
12-month % change		4.9	5.2	5.4	4.7	5.3	(p)4.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		40.5	39.6	39.7	40.1	40.1	(p)38.7
12-month % change		6.9	5.6	3.9	5.8	5.0	(p)0.5
Other Services(3)		15.4	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.3	(p)15.5
12-month % change		0.0	-1.3	-1.9	-2.5	-2.5	(p)-0.6
Government(3)		74.3	74.4	73.3	68.8	67.3	(p)71.2
12-month % change		0.4	0.8	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	(p)-1.1
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