Opelousas, LA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Opelousas

• Patient Care Manager- Home HealthUnitedhealth Group
• Patient Care Manager- Home HealthLHC Group
• Process EngineerVentura Foods

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Employers hiring most in Opelousas

1. LHC Group1 open role
2. Unitedhealth Group1 open role
3. Ventura Foods1 open role

Opelousas layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Opelousas in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Job fairs and business events in Opelousas

Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Opelousas.

• Starting a businessOct 27, 2026 · Opelousas, LA · Free

  Close the Gap - Build Your Team - Session 1

  SBDC / SBA partner: LSBDC at University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Opelousas. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

• Louisiana Workforce Development Board #40

  Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion

• St. Landry American Job Center

  Opelousas · Comprehensive · 337-948-1330

  Mon-Wed,Fri 8:00am-4:30 pm Thurs 8:00am-2:00pm

St. Landry Parish economy

• 4.6%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  5.1% the month before

• 33,344

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 82,128

  people in St. Landry Parish

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $45,637

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 27%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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