Lake Charles, Louisiana Job Growth

There were 118,600 jobs in Lake Charles, Louisiana in August 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 109,868 employed persons for the month. Lake Charles lost 200 jobs in August 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 144 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Lake Charles job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	August 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	118,600	-200	+400
CPS	109,868	-144	+571

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 June 2019 at 118,800. Since then 200 jobs have been lost in Lake Charles according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 110,067 for Lake Charles in June 2019. 199 jobs have been lost in Lake Charles since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Lake Charles, Louisiana Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
August 2019	118,600	-200	109,868	-144
July 2019	118,800	0	110,012	-55
June 2019	118,800	200	110,067	29
May 2019	118,600	100	110,038	82
April 2019	118,500	300	109,956	138
March 2019	118,200	800	109,818	50
February 2019	117,400	0	109,768	94
January 2019	117,400	-400	109,674	143
December 2018	117,800	0	109,531	12
November 2018	117,800	-100	109,519	51
October 2018	117,900	-600	109,468	96
September 2018	118,500	300	109,372	75