Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Monroe, LA MSA · October 2026
Every advertised-pay, job-posting and industry figure in this briefing comes from WageScape's own database of active job postings. The sources below back the external facts cited in the written analysis.
Sources cited in this report
Key Indicators
Louisiana labor force participation rate at 58.4%, ranked 43rd nationally
Bureau of Labor Statistics / state reporting — Labor force participation data, August 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Louisiana wages increased over 6% year-over-year statewide
Louisiana Workforce Commission — Statewide wage growth data, September 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Monroe MSA unemployment rate held at 4.2% in September 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Monroe MSA local area unemployment statistics
Louisiana reached record statewide employment of over 2.01 million
Louisiana Workforce Commission — State employment announcement, early September 2026
Monroe metro government employment near 14,100 jobs
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Monroe MSA industry employment estimates
Looking Ahead
Louisiana WARN notices totaled 16 affecting 1,950 workers through September 2026
LayoffAlert.org — WARN Act notice tracking, Louisiana, September 2026
How the numbers are calculated
- Advertised pay is the median of the pay ranges employers publish in active job postings in this metro. It is not survey or payroll data.
- Percent changes compare the latest six full months with the six months before that, for the same metro and sector.
- Sectors group postings by the employer's industry (NAICS) classification into ten sectors. Where a metro has too few postings in a sector, the state figure is used instead.
- Role pay trends use the same comparison windows. "Stable" means a change of less than 3%; "moderate" 3–10%; "significant" more than 10%.
Official data for comparison