Baton Rouge Employment

“An analysis of the country’s 88 biggest labor markets found that Baton Rouge had the 10th largest growth over the past year. The Capital Region added 4,000 jobs from December 2007 to December 2008, according to a Bizjournal.com analysis of federal employment statistics. Just 15 cities added jobs over the past year, with Houston growing the most with 57,300 new positions. Dallas-Fort Worth was second, with 43,300 more jobs and New Orleans ranked sixth with 6,600 additional jobs. New York was the biggest loser, shedding 120,300 jobs. Overall, 1.18 million jobs were lost in the major labor markets.”