East Baton Rouge Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

East Baton Rouge Parish’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 335 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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

East Baton Rouge Parish layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge 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.

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University27 open roles
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

Colleges in East Baton Rouge Parish

Colleges in East Baton Rouge Parish
College	City	Type	Students
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Baton Rouge	Public 4-year	20,000+
Southern University and A & M College	Baton Rouge	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University	Baton Rouge	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Southern University Law Center	Baton Rouge	Public 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving East Baton Rouge Parish. 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

Cities in East Baton Rouge Parish

Baton Rouge335 jobs

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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.