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Creeping out of the recession? Baton Rouge area adds 5,700 jobs
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:40 am
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:40 am
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Baton Rouge area adds 5,700 jobs over 12 months through November
Overall, the state has gained 20,700 jobs since November 2017
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The Baton Rouge region added 5,700 jobs in November compared to the year before, the ninth month in a row the area has posted a year-to-year gain in employment.
Eight of Louisiana's nine metro areas added jobs over the year in November, with Houma-Thibodaux taking the loss. Overall, the state has gained 20,700 jobs since November 2017, bringing the total number of nonfarm jobs in Louisiana to just over 2 million, according to figures released Thursday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The numbers are not seasonally adjusted. This is the 14th consecutive month of year-over-year employment increases for the state.
The capital region's nonfarm employment rose to 415,800 jobs in November. Baton Rouge gained 4,000 construction jobs over the year; 2,100 education and health service jobs; and 1,600 professional, scientific and technical services jobs. It lost 1,200 leisure and hospitality jobs and 1,000 retail trade jobs.
The area's unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, was 4 percent, up from 3.7 percent in November 2017. That's better than the state unemployment rate of 4.5 percent during November, which was 4.2 percent a year ago.
The U.S. unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in November, down from 3.9 percent a year ago.
Baton Rouge and New Orleans did particularly well by Louisiana standards. Baton Rouge saw an increase in construction, education and professional scientific jobs. New Orleans saw a boom in construction and health care jobs. Oil and Gas jobs are still declining in Lafayette unfortunately.
The unemployment rate for the state of Louisiana is still higher than the national average.
Interesting finding:
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Lake Charles added 3,600 jobs over the year to 121,400. It was the 89th consecutive month of over-the-year job gains and the biggest percentage increase of any metro area in the state.
Lake Charles is a little boom town.
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Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:41 am to member12
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Creeping out of the recession?
Thanks, Donald.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:42 am to member12
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:46 am to member12
The Louisiana haters of the OT will hate this news.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:48 am to member12
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Lake Charles is a little boom town
Too bad it looks like a dump when you drive through it on I-10.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:50 am to member12
Plus that call center is coming that will pay employees 26k a year
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:54 am to EST
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Too bad it looks like a dump when you drive through it on I-10.
They could use some sound walls or something.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:57 am to member12
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Lake Charles is a little boom town.
It's bawtastic.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 11:02 am to Jim Rockford
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It's bawtastic.
That's a good one. I'm going to use it in a sentence today.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 11:06 am to goofball
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This post was edited on 4/25/19 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 1/4/19 at 12:28 pm to WallsAllAroundMe
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That's it!!! Maybe if Trump could persuade America that Mexico is too loud, he could get money to build sound walls along the border. Problem solved.
In all seriousness, is the border wall that different structurally from those giant freeway sound walls?
Seems like they could throw that up in no time.
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