Southwest Information Office

Monroe

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPayWorkplace fatalities
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, South Region — February 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Mar 2025
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana – First Quarter 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2024

Monroe, LA Economy at a Glance:

Monroe, LA

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)95.6	(2)95.3	(2)95.6	(2)95.5	(2)94.9	(p)94.1
Employment(1)		(2)90.5	(2)90.6	(2)90.7	(2)90.6	(2)90.4	(p)89.2
Unemployment(1)		(2)5.1	(2)4.7	(2)4.9	(2)4.9	(2)4.5	(p)4.9
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)5.3	(2)5.0	(2)5.1	(2)5.1	(2)4.7	(p)5.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		91.0	90.6	91.7	92.1	92.1	(p)91.2
12-month % change		1.0	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.3	(p)0.9
Manufacturing(4)		7.4	7.3	7.4	7.3	7.3	(p)7.3
12-month % change		2.8	1.4	1.4	-1.4	-1.4	(p)-1.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		16.4	16.4	16.5	16.9	17.0	(p)16.4
12-month % change		1.2	1.2	1.2	1.8	2.4	(p)0.6
Professional and Business Services(4)		10.1	10.1	10.3	10.2	10.1	(p)10.0
12-month % change		-1.0	-1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	(p)-1.0
Education and Health Services(4)		20.6	20.1	20.4	20.3	20.5	(p)20.5
12-month % change		1.5	-0.5	0.0	-1.0	0.0	(p)0.5
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		8.8	8.6	8.6	8.8	8.7	(p)8.6
12-month % change		-1.1	-3.4	-1.1	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(4)		13.7	14.1	14.3	14.4	14.5	(p)14.3
12-month % change		3.0	3.7	3.6	3.6	4.3	(p)2.9
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary