The Lafayette area is expected to add over 2,000 jobs in each of the next two years despite an offshore drilling industry weighed down by tariffs.
The Louisiana Economic Forecast, an annual report published by economist Loren Scott, cites growth from four of the region’s top six companies and predicts an additional 2,500 jobs next year and another 2,800 in 2027 to push the region’s total to 192,400 jobs, which would be an all-time high for the region.
Yet Scott cites struggles of the “moribund drilling activity” in the Gulf of Mexico and SafeSource Direct’s recent suspension of operations as being a drag on the economy…