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Shreveport

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2025
Shreveport Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Aug 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Shreveport-Bossier City — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, South Region — July 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 2025
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana — Fourth Quarter 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2025

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Economy at a Glance:

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Data Series	Back Data	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		166.3	167.1	166.9	167.5	170.1	(p)169.2
Employment(1)		159.4	159.8	160.3	159.7	161.7	(p)161.4
Unemployment(1)		6.9	7.3	6.6	7.8	8.4	(p)7.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.2	4.4	4.0	4.7	5.0	(p)4.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		169.2	168.4	169.4	169.5	169.6	(p)168.7
12-month % change		1.1	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.1	(p)0.8
Mining and Logging(3)		4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.6	(p)4.6
12-month % change		-11.8	-10.0	-8.2	-8.3	-4.2	(p)-2.1
Construction(3)		9.0	9.1	9.1	9.4	9.3	(p)9.1
12-month % change		8.4	8.3	8.3	10.6	6.9	(p)2.2
Manufacturing(3)		9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	(p)9.7
12-month % change		3.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	3.2	(p)4.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		33.0	32.7	33.0	32.9	32.8	(p)32.6
12-month % change		1.5	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.0	(p)-0.6
Information(3)		1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	(p)1.6
12-month % change		-5.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		6.8	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.7	(p)6.8
12-month % change		-1.4	-1.4	-1.4	-2.9	-2.9	(p)-1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		17.0	16.7	16.6	16.6	16.6	(p)16.4
12-month % change		-1.2	-1.8	0.0	-1.8	-1.8	(p)-4.1
Education and Health Services(3)		33.1	33.1	33.2	33.4	33.2	(p)33.4
12-month % change		2.5	3.4	2.2	3.1	3.1	(p)2.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		20.0	20.2	20.6	20.7	20.8	(p)20.8
12-month % change		2.6	2.5	4.0	2.0	3.0	(p)3.5
Other Services(3)		6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	(p)7.0
12-month % change		4.6	4.5	4.5	3.0	2.9	(p)4.5
Government(3)		27.8	27.1	27.4	27.2	27.3	(p)26.7
12-month % change		-1.1	-1.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.4	(p)-0.4
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