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The Louisiana Occupational Information System (LOIS) provides a snapshot of Louisiana's economy, job market, businesses, and its workforce.  Find out what LOIS has to offer. 
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Latest Unemployment Rate
Latest Unemployment Rate
(Seasonally Adjusted)
 
August 2008
July 2008
August 2007
LA
4.7%
4.0%
3.7%
US
6.1%
5.7%
4.7%

The Louisiana Workforce Commission released the August 2008 preliminary unemployment rate.   Press release available.  (pdf)

Also available for the State, Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and Parishes are

current trends on labor force and nonfarm employment. (pdf)

Louisiana Unemployment Insurance Initial and Continued Weeks Claimed

Claims

August 2008
Monthly Change
Yearly Change
Initial
19,113
13.9%
92.6%
Continued Weeks

134,213

23.8%

 59.8%
                                            more... (pdf)
Labor Market Information Links
U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis -  Provides regional, national, industry, and international economic data.
O*NET Resource Center - Occupational codes
Occupational Information
** NEW **
Occupational Employment Projections 2004-2014

Occupational Employment by Industry

Occupational Wages -  Current estimated occupational wage data for select occupations.
Licensed Occupations - Licensing requirements for selected occupations in Louisiana.

Demand Occupations - Demand occupations by Regional Labor Market Area based on 2004-2014 projections. (Excel spreadsheet)

LMI  HOT LINKS

Occupational Analyzer - Choose a career or occupation by analyzing current labor market trends including wages, employment, and education, and analyze your skills.
Career Tools
Career Compass  (pdf) - Contains resources for getting started, tips for landing your dream job and hints to help you successfully enter the job market.

Career Cluster Brochures (pdf) - Highlights Louisiana's "hot jobs" by fifteen career clusters.  Choose a career cluster - Agriculture,   Architecture & Construction,  Arts & Communications,   Business Management & Administration,   Education,   Finance,   Health,   Hospitality,   Human Services,   Information Technology,   Law & Government,   Manufacturing, Marketing,   Science, Technology Engineering & Math, Transportation & Logistics

Education Information
Choose a School - Select this option to help you locate
information on training providers and schools.

Choose a Program - Select this option to help you locate a training or educational program that is related to your occupation or field of interest.

Scorecard - Select this option to find performance information on training programs, including data on completion rates and employment outcomes.

The Youth Portal will take a job seeker down the road to prepare for a job, search for a career, further their education, access more resources, and help make informed decisions.
Industry Information
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Industry Employment Projections 2004-2014
Industry Staffing Patterns - Displays occupations within a selected industry in a specific geography.
 
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - Displays quarterly industry employment data in a specific geography.
Monthly Nonfarm Employment - Current and historical industry employment data in a specific geography.
Nonfarm employment data currently includes the March 2008 release of the annual revisions for all of 2007 and 2006.  

Employer Database - Lists employers in a specific area by type of industry.
 
Demographics and Statistics
Area Profile - Statistical highlights by geographical area.

Labor Force - Displays current and historical civilian labor force, employment and unemployment rates.
Labor force data currently includes the release of the 2008 annual revisions for all of 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003.

Unemployment Insurance Claimants - Select this option to view the number of unemployment insurance claims filed by occupation.

Louisiana Labor Force Diversity Data  (pdf) - Annually updated population and labor force data by race, sex, and ethnic background for the state, MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas), and individual parishes.
 
 
Population - Displays census and current population estimates by source type and geography.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) - U.S. data for all Urban Consumers.
U.S. Census Commuting Patterns - Who's  in? Who's out? Commuting patterns of selected geographic areas.
 
U.S. Census Labor Force - Displays census labor force estimates by occupation and gender.
 
Income - View types of income such as Per Capita Income within a specific geography.
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