New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January 2022, the number of payroll employment in New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA for was 522,416. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 2,636.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2015 to January 2022. This information can also be found in the table below.

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New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA Number of Jobs Added to All Business Establishments
New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2015 539371
February 2015 541774 2403
March 2015 542302 528
April 2015 548710 6408
May 2015 550361 1651
June 2015 549651 -710
July 2015 545002 -4649
August 2015 545700 698
September 2015 543402 -2298
October 2015 552074 8672
November 2015 552846 772
December 2015 555226 2380
January 2016 542542 -12684
February 2016 541785 -757
March 2016 543218 1433
April 2016 548251 5033
May 2016 550378 2127
June 2016 546462 -3916
July 2016 542540 -3922
August 2016 543981 1441
September 2016 546088 2107
October 2016 547876 1788
November 2016 550791 2915
December 2016 548601 -2190
January 2017 537192 -11409
February 2017 542442 5250
March 2017 540515 -1927
April 2017 544892 4377
May 2017 548350 3458
June 2017 543546 -4804
July 2017 536263 -7283
August 2017 538577 2314
September 2017 539407 830
October 2017 544147 4740
November 2017 547871 3724
December 2017 547577 -294
January 2018 538684 -8893
February 2018 539745 1061
March 2018 542843 3098
April 2018 546878 4035
May 2018 547903 1025
June 2018 544066 -3837
July 2018 538075 -5991
August 2018 542652 4577
September 2018 542817 165
October 2018 550349 7532
November 2018 552672 2323
December 2018 551057 -1615
January 2019 544160 -6897
February 2019 548427 4267
March 2019 545670 -2757
April 2019 552338 6668
May 2019 552981 643
June 2019 550391 -2590
July 2019 541738 -8653
August 2019 547037 5299
September 2019 547042 5
October 2019 553544 6502
November 2019 558401 4857
December 2019 556462 -1939
January 2020 552006 -4456
February 2020 553269 1263
March 2020 542564 -10705
April 2020 451248 -91316
May 2020 460163 8915
June 2020 474322 14159
July 2020 474105 -217
August 2020 483254 9149
September 2020 484225 971
October 2020 498977 14752
November 2020 503682 4705
December 2020 504448 766
February 2021 497810 -6638
March 2021 500105 2295
April 2021 502334 2229
May 2021 508189 5855
June 2021 511976 3787
July 2021 511222 -754
August 2021 513703 2481
September 2021 516023 2320
October 2021 483527 -32496
November 2021 512106 28579
December 2021 519780 7674
January 2022 522416 2636