New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New Orleans fell 0.0 percentage points in July 2019 to 4.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Louisiana rate. The unemployment rate in New Orleans peaked in October 2010 at 8.2% and is now 4.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in June 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare New Orleans unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.2
Louisiana	4.3%	0.0	-0.7
New Orleans	4.0%	0.0	-0.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2019 data as August metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: New Orleans, Louisiana, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

New Orleans, Louisiana Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in New Orleans peaked in November 2010 at 47,058. There are now 22,837 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 24,192 in June 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 29. New Orleans employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in New Orleans, Louisiana) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
New Orleans	24,221	+29	-4,035

Number of Unemployed Persons

New Orleans, Louisiana Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Louisiana Unemployment Rate	New Orleans Unemployment Rate	New Orleans Unemployed
August 2019	3.7%	—	—	—
July 2019	3.7%	4.3%	4.0%	24,221
June 2019	3.7%	4.3%	4.0%	24,192
May 2019	3.6%	4.4%	4.1%	24,333
April 2019	3.6%	4.5%	4.2%	24,955
March 2019	3.8%	4.7%	4.4%	26,129
February 2019	3.8%	4.9%	4.5%	27,102
January 2019	4.0%	4.9%	4.6%	27,367
December 2018	3.9%	4.9%	4.6%	27,420
November 2018	3.7%	4.9%	4.6%	27,374
October 2018	3.8%	4.9%	4.6%	27,395
September 2018	3.7%	4.9%	4.6%	27,644