Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky Job Growth

There were 671,000 jobs in Louisville, Kentucky in December 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 639,240 employed persons for the month. Louisville added 300 jobs in December 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 151 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Louisville job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	December 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	671,000	+300	+3,000
CPS	639,240	-151	+1,717

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Louisville, Kentucky Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Louisville as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Louisville, Kentucky

CES employment for Louisville peaked in August 2018 at 673,300. Since then 2,300 jobs have been lost in Louisville according to the employer survey. From a trough of 669,800 in October 2018, Louisville has gained 1,200 jobs according to CES employment figures.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 647,937 for Louisville in April 2018. 8,697 jobs have been lost in Louisville since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Louisville, Kentucky Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
December 2018	671,000	300	639,240	-151
November 2018	670,700	900	639,391	-114
October 2018	669,800	-2,000	639,505	-4,240
September 2018	671,800	-1,500	643,745	239
August 2018	673,300	3,000	643,506	1,914
July 2018	670,300	-1,000	641,592	2,102
June 2018	671,300	800	639,490	-3,402
May 2018	670,500	-2,200	642,892	-5,045
April 2018	672,700	1,500	647,937	814
March 2018	671,200	1,000	647,123	4,927
February 2018	670,200	3,100	642,196	5,084
January 2018	667,100	-900	637,112	-411