Baton Rouge, LA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Baton Rouge
- Senior Motor Vehicle Compliance AnalystDPS-Office of Motor Vehicles
- Desktop Engineering System Administrator 1Louisiana State University
- Accounts Payable Specialist IILangtree Charter Academy
- Administrative Coordinator 2 - Program AssistantLouisiana State University
- Administrative Accounting AssistantPennington Biomedical Research Foundation
- Legal Secretary & Paralegal , BenefitsSnelling
- Paralegal / Legal SecretarySnelling Baton Rouge
- Legal Secretary/ParalegalSaunders & Chabert Attorneys at Law
- Onsite Litigation Legal Assistant Paralegal SupportSoftware Placement Group
- Hybrid Litigation Paralegal & Legal AssistantTrue North Consultants
Employers hiring most in Baton Rouge
- ST Catherines Village17 open roles
- Amazon12 open roles
- EisnerAmper11 open roles
- East Baton Rouge Parish School System7 open roles
- Monroe Capital Income Plus7 open roles
- Quanta Services7 open roles
- Snelling7 open roles
- Worley Group7 open roles
- Aptim4 open roles
- Cintas4 open roles
Baton Rouge layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Baton Rouge in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Baton Rouge
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
| Southern University and A & M College | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Southern University Law Center | Public 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Baton Rouge. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- East Baton Rouge Workforce Development Board
East Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge North (Serving Wooddale)
Baton Rouge · Comprehensive · 225-358-4579
Mon-Wed, Fri 8am-5pm; Thurs 8am-2pm
East Baton Rouge Parish economy
3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
230,023
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
452,821
people in East Baton Rouge Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,075
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Louisiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.