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Louisiana: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Louisiana from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20264.0%#28 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20254.3%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20252.10M+0.4% on a year earlier
Employed, 20252.01M90,009 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
1.8M1.9M2M2.1M2.2M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20254.3%2,095,3082,005,29990,009
20244.3%2,086,9571,997,40589,552
20233.7%2,080,6262,003,27177,355
20223.7%2,072,1361,996,18875,948
20215.6%2,058,5061,943,319115,187
20208.6%2,048,7991,872,055176,744
20194.6%2,097,3501,999,95697,394
20184.8%2,104,0012,002,596101,405
20175.1%2,102,7351,995,042107,693
20166.0%2,120,4891,992,404128,085
20156.3%2,147,9302,013,539134,391
20146.2%2,139,3432,005,887133,456
20136.4%2,102,0371,967,348134,689
20126.7%2,092,2461,951,999140,247
20117.3%2,083,9591,930,909153,050
20107.4%2,089,8691,934,492155,377
20096.7%2,080,5821,941,423139,159
20084.7%2,077,4881,980,82896,660
20074.1%2,037,5351,954,30983,226
20064.1%2,011,8021,928,80582,997
20057.1%2,085,8081,936,865148,943
20045.7%2,036,3461,920,513115,833
20036.2%2,029,7711,903,279126,492
20026.0%2,017,7041,897,469120,235
20015.6%2,029,0751,915,287113,788
20005.1%2,025,5371,921,496104,041
19994.9%2,022,6251,922,66299,963
19985.5%2,025,3221,913,652111,670
19975.9%2,005,0201,887,248117,772
19966.4%1,987,4571,859,378128,079
19956.8%1,962,9821,828,635134,347
19947.6%1,950,4281,801,521148,907
19937.4%1,907,7891,765,792141,997
19927.8%1,920,1321,770,730149,402
19917.2%1,898,3971,760,920137,477
19906.3%1,852,6191,736,186116,433
19897.8%1,848,8721,704,934143,938
198810.5%1,880,7371,683,219197,518
198711.8%1,905,9431,681,805224,138
198612.4%1,930,9861,691,983239,003
198511.4%1,934,2771,713,269221,008
198410.2%1,906,2691,710,895195,374
198311.5%1,882,6911,666,364216,327
198210.2%1,848,3541,659,975188,379
19818.5%1,834,5031,679,147155,356
19807.0%1,768,9551,644,534124,421
19796.7%1,719,4311,604,853114,578
19786.8%1,667,1891,553,455113,734
19776.9%1,601,6031,490,729110,874
19766.6%1,532,2211,430,872101,349

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.