This Quarterly Jobs Report Should be Titled: It’s Not Always Like This - Leaders for a Better Louisiana

La traducción aún no está lista. Se muestra el artículo original.

Louisiana is not used to this. For a state that has sometimes treated the bottom of national rankings as a second home, the third quarter numbers read like someone else’s mail. Employment hit a record 2.02 million in September, according to our latest third quarter economic update for 2026. The state added 36,000 jobs over the year, a 1.8% growth rate that ranked second in the nation behind South Carolina and ran about three times the Southern average. Nine of 10 metro areas grew. Louisiana’s increase in manufacturing jobs ranked best in the South. It’s not always like this. The economic numbers look very healthy.