Calcasieu Parish Consortium WIA
LA · 6 counties · 43 WARN notices
Workforce Retraining Outcomes
- WIOA Participants
- 9,445
- PY 2024
- Employment Rate
- 63.7%
- Q2 after exit
- Median Quarterly Earnings
- $6,603
- Q2 after exit
- Training Rate
- 5.2%
- Received training services
Outcomes Over Time
| Program Year | Participants | Employment Rate | Median Qtr Earnings | Training Rate | Wage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY2019 | 7,458 | 63.4% | $6,251 | 3.0% | -19.3% |
| PY2022 | 8 | 0.0% | $8,163 | 0.0% | — |
| PY2024Q2 | 9,060 | 64.5% | $6,786 | 5.7% | -8.0% |
| PY2024Q3 | 9,445 | 63.7% | $6,603 | 5.2% | -10.1% |
PY2022 data is incomplete (31 of 55 states reported).
Earnings Before vs After
- Before Program
- $7,914
- Q3 before entry
- After Program
- $7,117
- Q2 after exit
- Change
- -10.1%
- Wage change
- Sample Size
- 2,992
- Workers with before/after wages
Participant Demographics
- Median Age
- 38
- Under 25
- 19.2%
- 25-44
- 44.5%
- 45+
- 36.3%
- Male
- 61.4%
- Female
- 37.2%
76.6% were unemployed at program entry.
Where Workers Went (Top Industries After Program)
| Industry | Workers |
|---|---|
| Construction | 667 |
| Hospitality & Food | 588 |
| Administrative Services | 482 |
| Healthcare | 426 |
| Manufacturing | 270 |
Layoff Activity (WARN Act)
- Total WARN Notices
- 43
- All time
- Workers Affected
- 5,826
- All time
- Recent Notices
- 9
- Since 2021
- Recent Workers Affected
- 535
- Since 2021
Largest Layoffs in This Area
Recent WARN Notices
| Company | City | Workers | Layoff Date | Notice Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingevity Corporation | Deridder | 2 | 2025-12-31 | 2023-11-01 |
| Ingevity Corporation | Deridder | 37 | 2025-02-26 | 2023-11-01 |
| Ingevity Corporation | Deridder | 77 | 2024-05-05 | 2023-11-01 |
| Ingevity Corporation | Deridder | — | 2024-05-05 | 2023-11-01 |
| Ingevity Corporation | Deridder | 56 | 2024-03-04 | 2023-11-01 |
| Ingevity Corporation | Deridder | 182 | 2023-11-01 | |
| Aramark | Lake Charles | 51 | 2023-10-31 | 2023-09-05 |
| Ampacet Corporation | Deridder | 65 | 2023-08-21 | 2023-06-21 |
| Ampacet Corporation | Deridder | 65 | 2023-06-21 | |
| Isle of Capri Casino | Westlake | 336 | 2021-02-01 | 2020-12-04 |
| Oceans Behavioral Hospital | Lake Charles | 50 | 2020-10-05 | 2020-10-06 |
| Calcasieu Refining Company | Lake Charles | 69 | 2020-12-01 | 2020-10-02 |
| Lake Charles Memorial Health System | Lake Charles | 205 | 2020-09-28 | 2020-09-29 |
| L’Auberge Casino Resort | Lake Charles | 441 | 2020-08-15 | 2020-06-13 |
| Delta Downs Racetrack Casino and Hotel | Vinton | 354 | 2020-07-01 | 2020-05-22 |
| Georgia-Pacific | Dequincy | 188 | 2020-06-30 | 2020-05-01 |
| Aptim Maintenance (Cheniere Energy) | Cameron | 122 | 2020-04-27 | 2020-04-23 |
| Aptim Maintenance | Westlake | 344 | 2019-05-23 | 2019-05-24 |
| Saint-Gobain | Westlake | 50 | 2019-03-02 | 2019-01-03 |
| Raytheon Technologies | Fort Polk | 60 | 2018-12-31 | 2018-10-19 |
| ATCO Structures & Logistics | Sulphur | 3 | 2016-09-19 | 2016-09-16 |
| AAR Aircraft Maintenance | Lake Charles | 140 | 2016-07-30 | 2016-06-01 |
| Alcoa Calcined Coke Operations | Lake Charles | 37 | 2016-01-20 | 2016-01-20 |
| Alcoa | Lake Charles | 130 | 2015-11-30 | 2015-09-25 |
| Northrop Grumman | Fort Polk | 426 | 2015-06-26 | 2015-04-17 |
| Northrop Grumman | Fort Polk | 390 | 2014-12-30 | 2014-10-29 |
| Northrop Grumman | Fort Polk | 346 | 2014-10-16 | 2014-08-19 |
| Northrop Grumman | Fort Polk | 144 | 2014-07-25 | 2014-06-04 |
| Northrop Grumman | Fort Polk | 332 | 2014-05-09 | 2014-03-09 |
| Northrop Grumman | Fort Polk | 210 | 2014-03-09 | 2014-01-09 |
| Northrop Grumman | Fort Polk | 332 | 2013-11-09 | 2013-09-06 |
| Hostess Brand Inc. | Deridder | 3 | 2012-07-04 | 2012-05-04 |
| Hostess Brand Inc. | Lake Charles | 16 | 2012-07-04 | 2012-05-04 |
| KBR, Inc. | Deridder | 70 | 2011-12-04 | 2011-11-04 |
| Louisiana Binding Service | Deridder | 40 | 2011-09-27 | 2011-09-20 |
| CNC Applied Technology | Fort Polk | 60 | 2011-01-29 | 2010-10-29 |
| Morgan Research Corp. | Fort Polk | 98 | 2010-02-25 | 2010-02-11 |
| Equistar Chemicals, LP | Sulphur | 2 | 2009-07-27 | 2009-05-26 |
| Lyondell Chemical Co. | Westlake | 4 | 2009-06-29 | 2009-04-30 |
| Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. | Deridder | 105 | 2009-08-09 | 2009-04-27 |
| Equistar | Sulphur | 4 | 2009-04-28 | 2009-02-26 |
| Raytheon Technologies | Fort Polk | 114 | 2008-04-30 | 2008-02-26 |
| Macy's | Lake Charles | 66 | 2008-03-18 | 2007-12-31 |
Counties in This Board Area
Allen Parish, LA · Beauregard Parish, LA · Calcasieu Parish, LA · Cameron Parish, LA · Jefferson Davis Parish, LA · Vernon Parish, LA
Data Sources
Retraining outcomes: U.S. Department of Labor, WIOA Performance Records Public Use File (PY 2024 Q3). Layoff notices: WARN Act filings collected by WARNTracker.com. Board geography: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD LODES Geography Crosswalk.
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