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Avoyelles Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Avoyelles Parish’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Avoyelles Parish economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 14,514

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 39,176

    people in Avoyelles Parish

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $39,439

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 27%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Avoyelles Parish layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Avoyelles 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 Avoyelles 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. Pro Staff1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Avoyelles American Job Center

    Marksville · Affiliate · 318-240-8820

    Monda-Wednesday, Friday 8:00am-4:30pm- Thursday 8:00am-1:30pm and 3:30pm-4:30pm

Cities in Avoyelles Parish

Other Louisiana counties

All of Louisiana

Laid off or looking for work in Avoyelles Parish?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

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.