August 2024 Economic Intelligence Dashboard

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Louisiana Economic Intelligence Dashboard August 2024

Three industry sectors created nearly new 20,000 jobs over the past five years, led by Health Services

Observations:

  • Health Services, Professional and Business Services and Manufacturing combined created 19,400 new jobs since 2019
  • Healthcare was strongest, responsible for more than 75% of the new jobs
  • Manufacturing employment is up 1,900 jobs in the last five years, currently at its highest total since early 2016
  • Leisure & hospitality sector has seen greater job losses than any other statewide industry
  • 62% of this decline has occurred in the New Orleans Metro

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