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Lafayette

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Nov 2022
Lafayette, LA, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lafayette — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2020
Consumer Price Index, South Region — October 2022	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Nov 2022
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana – First Quarter 2022	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2022

Lafayette, LA Economy at a Glance:

Lafayette, LA

Data Series	Back Data	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		218.3	220.3	219.1	215.8	(p)216.8
Employment(1)		211.4	211.2	210.3	208.6	(p)209.9
Unemployment(1)		6.9	9.1	8.8	7.2	(p)6.9
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.2	4.1	4.0	3.3	(p)3.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		202.5	201.4	200.7	201.8	202.6	(p)203.4
12-month % change		3.2	2.5	1.9	2.5	4.3	(p)2.8
Mining and Logging(3)		10.2	10.0	9.9	10.1	10.2	(p)10.3
12-month % change		1.0	-1.0	-2.9	0.0	4.1	(p)4.0
Construction(3)		10.6	10.6	10.6	10.2	10.4	(p)10.2
12-month % change		3.9	1.9	1.9	-2.9	-1.0	(p)-5.6
Manufacturing(3)		15.0	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.5	(p)15.6
12-month % change		6.4	6.3	4.8	6.3	8.4	(p)6.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		40.9	40.9	40.7	40.9	41.2	(p)41.2
12-month % change		1.5	2.3	1.8	1.5	3.3	(p)1.7
Information(3)		2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	(p)2.5
12-month % change		19.0	25.0	19.0	19.0	19.0	(p)4.2
Financial Activities(3)		10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	(p)10.8
12-month % change		1.9	3.9	1.9	0.9	1.9	(p)2.9
Professional and Business Services(3)		23.6	22.9	23.1	23.3	23.2	(p)23.3
12-month % change		9.3	6.0	7.9	8.4	8.9	(p)7.9
Education and Health Services(3)		33.5	33.7	33.8	34.1	33.8	(p)34.3
12-month % change		2.8	2.4	2.1	3.6	6.6	(p)4.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		22.6	22.6	22.4	22.3	22.4	(p)22.6
12-month % change		7.1	6.6	4.7	5.7	7.7	(p)6.6
Other Services(3)		7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	(p)6.9
12-month % change		1.4	1.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	(p)0.0
Government(3)		26.0	25.3	24.7	25.3	25.7	(p)25.7
12-month % change		-3.0	-5.6	-7.1	-4.5	-3.4	(p)-4.1
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