Southwest Information Office

Lake Charles

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lake Charles — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2026
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Feb 2026
Consumer Price Index, South Region — July 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 2026
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana — Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
Lake Charles Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Aug 2026

Lake Charles, LA Economy at a Glance:

Lake Charles, LA

Data Series	Back Data	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		100.0	101.0	101.4	101.7	101.1	(p)101.8
Employment(1)		95.3	96.2	96.6	97.7	96.5	(p)96.8
Unemployment(1)		4.7	4.8	4.8	4.0	4.6	(p)5.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.7	4.7	4.7	3.9	4.6	(p)5.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		105.1	105.7	106.3	106.8	107.0	(p)107.1
12-month % change		1.9	1.1	1.6	1.6	1.3	(p)1.2
Mining and Logging(3)		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	(p)0.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		10.9	11.2	11.5	11.3	11.3	(p)11.6
12-month % change		4.8	1.8	2.7	1.8	0.9	(p)0.9
Manufacturing(3)		12.5	12.4	12.5	12.6	12.6	(p)12.7
12-month % change		2.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.4	(p)2.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		18.5	18.5	18.5	18.6	18.7	(p)18.6
12-month % change		0.5	0.0	1.1	2.2	2.2	(p)1.6
Information(3)		0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	(p)0.6
12-month % change		-14.3	-14.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	(p)3.7
12-month % change		2.8	5.6	2.8	0.0	2.8	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		9.8	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	(p)10.1
12-month % change		3.2	1.0	2.0	1.0	3.1	(p)3.1
Education and Health Services(3)		15.1	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	(p)15.0
12-month % change		3.4	2.0	2.7	2.0	1.3	(p)2.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		14.2	14.3	14.5	14.8	14.8	(p)14.7
12-month % change		2.2	2.1	2.8	2.1	0.7	(p)0.0
Other Services(3)		3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	(p)3.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-2.9	0.0	0.0	(p)-2.9
Government(3)		16.1	16.3	16.3	16.4	16.3	(p)16.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	-0.6	(p)0.6
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