Caddo Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Caddo Parish’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 61 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Caddo Parish economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
100,122
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
232,973
people in Caddo Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,067
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Caddo Parish layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Caddo 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 Caddo 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.

Amazon7 open roles
Veterans Health Administration7 open roles
Kinder Morgan3 open roles
Actalent2 open roles
American Electric Power2 open roles
Corebridge Financial2 open roles
David Raines Community Health Centers2 open roles
Honeywell International2 open roles
KPMG2 open roles
Legends / ASM Global2 open roles

Colleges in Caddo Parish

Colleges in Caddo Parish
College	City	Type	Students
Louisiana State University-Shreveport	Shreveport	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport	Shreveport	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999
Centenary College of Louisiana	Shreveport	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

City of Shreveport
City: Shreveport
Seventh Planning District Consortium
Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster

Caddo American Job Center
Shreveport · Comprehensive · 318-676-7788
Mon-Tue-Wed and Fri 8:00am-5:00pm, Thurr 8:00am-3:00pm
Balance of Caddo American Job Center
Vivian · Affiliate · 318-676-5721
Mon and Wed.8:30am-4:30Pm ,Thurs.8:30am-2:30pm,Fri 8:30am-3:30pm

Cities in Caddo Parish

Shreveport61 jobs
Vivian

Other Louisiana counties

All of Louisiana

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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.