Southwest Information Office

Shreveport

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2023
Shreveport Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Shreveport-Bossier City — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — August 2023	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 2023
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana – First Quarter 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2023

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Economy at a Glance:

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		187.2	186.7	186.9	188.1	(p)186.2
Employment(1)		180.8	180.6	179.4	179.5	(p)179.8
Unemployment(1)		6.4	6.2	7.6	8.6	(p)6.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.4	3.3	4.1	4.6	(p)3.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		176.7	178.0	178.8	178.9	178.2	(p)177.6
12-month % change		1.4	1.9	1.9	2.1	1.5	(p)1.5
Mining and Logging(3)		5.3	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	(p)5.6
12-month % change		12.8	14.6	12.2	12.2	12.0	(p)9.8
Construction(3)		8.1	8.4	8.6	8.7	8.5	(p)8.5
12-month % change		2.5	5.0	4.9	3.6	3.7	(p)6.3
Manufacturing(3)		10.6	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	(p)10.6
12-month % change		7.1	7.1	6.0	6.0	2.9	(p)1.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		34.9	35.0	35.0	35.0	34.9	(p)34.8
12-month % change		-2.2	-1.1	-1.1	-0.8	-2.5	(p)-1.4
Information(3)		1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	(p)1.9
12-month % change		12.5	12.5	5.9	0.0	0.0	(p)11.8
Financial Activities(3)		7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	(p)7.4
12-month % change		2.8	2.8	1.4	2.8	4.2	(p)4.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		18.0	18.0	18.1	18.1	18.1	(p)17.9
12-month % change		-7.2	-7.2	-5.7	-4.2	-3.7	(p)-3.8
Education and Health Services(3)		33.8	34.2	34.3	34.1	34.2	(p)34.3
12-month % change		6.0	6.2	5.9	6.9	5.6	(p)4.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		20.8	20.8	21.2	21.1	21.4	(p)20.9
12-month % change		3.5	3.0	3.9	1.4	3.9	(p)1.5
Other Services(3)		6.5	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.5	(p)6.6
12-month % change		-1.5	-1.5	0.0	1.5	-3.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		29.6	30.0	29.9	30.0	29.2	(p)29.1
12-month % change		0.7	1.4	1.4	1.7	1.4	(p)1.7
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