Lake Charles, Louisiana Job Growth

There were 120,300 jobs in Lake Charles, Louisiana in October 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 111,863 employed persons for the month. Lake Charles lost 100 jobs in October 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 289 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Lake Charles job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	120,300	-100	+3,600
CPS	111,863	+289	+1,458

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

Lake Charles, Louisiana Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles, Louisiana

CES employment for Lake Charles peaked in September 2018 at 120,400. Since then 100 jobs have been lost in Lake Charles according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 113,894 for Lake Charles in February 2018. 2,031 jobs have been lost in Lake Charles since then according to the household survey. From a September 2018 low of 111,574, Lake Charles has added 289 jobs according to the CPS survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Lake Charles, Louisiana Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
October 2018	120,300	-100	111,863	289
September 2018	120,400	200	111,574	-161
August 2018	120,200	400	111,735	-101
July 2018	119,800	100	111,836	-199
June 2018	119,700	200	112,035	-782
May 2018	119,500	300	112,817	-658
April 2018	119,200	300	113,475	-210
March 2018	118,900	1,000	113,685	-209
February 2018	117,900	1,400	113,894	1,516
January 2018	116,500	-100	112,378	976
December 2017	116,600	-200	111,402	507
November 2017	116,800	100	110,895	490