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Ascension Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ascension Parish’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ascension Parish economy

  • 3.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 70,410

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 128,593

    people in Ascension Parish

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $92,266

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ascension Parish layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Ascension Parish

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Air Products2 open roles
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies2 open roles
  3. Allredi Home1 open role
  4. Barksdale Resources1 open role
  5. Carters1 open role
  6. Coregroupresources1 open role
  7. Emerson1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Geaux Jobs - LWDA 20

    Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana

  • Ascension American Job Center

    Gonzales · Affiliate · 985-902-4200

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

Cities in Ascension Parish

Other Louisiana counties

All of Louisiana

Laid off or looking for work in Ascension Parish?

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Louisiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.