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Ouachita Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ouachita Parish’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 45 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ouachita Parish economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.5% the month before

  • 71,265

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 158,916

    people in Ouachita Parish

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $51,241

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ouachita Parish layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ouachita 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 Ouachita 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. Faith Technologies7 open roles
  2. Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University4 open roles
  3. IES Holdings4 open roles
  4. ST Catherines Village3 open roles
  5. FlowerHire2 open roles
  6. Bayou Desiard CC1 open role
  7. Carters1 open role
  8. CenturyLink1 open role
  9. Empire Petroleum1 open role
  10. gpac1 open role

Colleges in Ouachita Parish

Colleges in Ouachita Parish
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroePublic 4-year5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Ouachita American Job Center

    Monroe · Comprehensive · 318-362-3058

    M,T,W,Th 8:00am-5:00pm;(Closed 12-12:30 for lunch)Closed to the public at 4:30pm, F 8:00am-3:00 pm (Closed 12pm-1pm for lunch)

Cities in Ouachita Parish

Other Louisiana counties

All of Louisiana

Laid off or looking for work in Ouachita Parish?

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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.