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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Louisiana > Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Oct 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, South Region — August 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 2025
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana — First Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2025

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Economy at a Glance:

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		87.2	87.1	87.5	88.7	88.2	(p)87.8
Employment(1)		83.7	84.0	83.8	84.7	84.6	(p)84.3
Unemployment(1)		3.5	3.0	3.7	4.0	3.6	(p)3.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.0	3.5	4.2	4.5	4.1	(p)3.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		85.2	86.1	86.4	86.2	85.6	(p)85.9
12-month % change		-0.2	1.1	0.2	0.8	0.2	(p)0.0
Mining and Logging(3)		5.0	5.0	5.0	5.2	5.2	(p)5.1
12-month % change		-7.4	-3.8	-5.7	0.0	0.0	(p)-1.9
Construction(3)		5.5	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.6	(p)5.5
12-month % change		1.9	3.6	-1.7	-3.4	1.8	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		21.8	21.9	21.8	21.7	21.3	(p)21.1
12-month % change		0.5	1.9	0.9	0.0	-1.4	(p)-2.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	(p)8.0
12-month % change		1.3	3.9	2.6	3.9	2.6	(p)1.3
Government(3)		10.8	10.8	10.9	10.5	10.2	(p)10.5
12-month % change		0.0	0.9	0.0	1.0	-1.0	(p)0.0
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