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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Louisiana > Lafayette

Lafayette

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 2026
Lafayette, LA, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lafayette — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, South Region — December 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2026
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
Lafayette, LA Economy at a Glance:
Lafayette, LA
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2025		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 199.8 198.3 198.2 (2)- 201.4 (p)200.4

Employment(1)

 191.8 191.0 190.5 (2)- 193.7 (p)193.3

Unemployment(1)

 8.0 7.4 7.7 (2)- 7.7 (p)7.1

Unemployment Rate(3)

 4.0 3.7 3.9 (2)- 3.8 (p)3.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 185.9 186.3 185.7 187.6 188.6 (p)188.1

12-month % change

 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.0 1.2 (p)1.1

Mining and Logging(4)

 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.5 (p)7.4

12-month % change

 1.3 -1.3 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 (p)-2.6

Construction(4)

 10.5 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 (p)10.6

12-month % change

 1.9 2.0 4.0 1.9 3.9 (p)3.9

Manufacturing(4)

 14.8 14.7 14.6 14.9 14.9 (p)14.8

12-month % change

 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 (p)3.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 36.6 36.5 36.3 36.2 36.5 (p)36.8

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 -1.4 -1.9 (p)-2.6

Information(4)

 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 (p)1.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -6.7 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.7 (p)8.7

12-month % change

 -1.1 -2.3 -1.1 -1.1 -1.1 (p)-1.1

Professional and Business Services(4)

 20.9 21.0 20.9 21.3 21.2 (p)21.1

12-month % change

 -1.9 -2.3 -0.9 0.0 0.0 (p)0.5

Education and Health Services(4)

 34.5 35.1 34.9 35.2 35.3 (p)35.4

12-month % change

 3.6 3.8 4.5 3.5 4.1 (p)4.1

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 21.3 21.4 21.1 21.4 21.7 (p)21.6

12-month % change

 1.9 3.9 2.9 3.9 4.3 (p)4.3

Other Services(4)

 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 (p)6.9

12-month % change

 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.0 1.5 (p)3.0

Government(4)

 22.4 22.6 23.0 23.4 23.7 (p)23.3

12-month % change

 1.4 -0.4 0.0 -1.7 -0.8 (p)-0.4

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary