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Rapides Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Rapides Parish’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 31 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Rapides Parish economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.9% the month before

  • 56,511

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 128,470

    people in Rapides Parish

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $55,946

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Rapides Parish layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Rapides 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 Rapides 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. Crest Industries2 open roles
  2. Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers2 open roles
  3. Strickland Brothers2 open roles
  4. Trinity Health2 open roles
  5. Adolfson & Peterson Construction1 open role
  6. Arclin1 open role
  7. Axsome Therapeutics1 open role
  8. Border States1 open role
  9. Brown & Brown1 open role
  10. CHRISTUS Health1 open role

Colleges in Rapides Parish

Colleges in Rapides Parish
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Louisiana State University-AlexandriaAlexandriaPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Louisiana Christian UniversityPinevillePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Rapides American Job Center

    Alexandria · Comprehensive · 318-487-5532

    Monday -Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Rapides Parish

Other Louisiana counties

All of Louisiana

Laid off or looking for work in Rapides 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.