Bastrop, LA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Bastrop
- Remote Workers' Comp Claims ExaminerSedgwick
- Senior Manager, People Systems & Workforce Insights RemoteCSAA Insurance Group
- Remote Tribal Grants & Accounting ManagerBaker Tilly
Employers hiring most in Bastrop
- Baker Tilly1 open role
- CSAA Insurance Group1 open role
- Sedgwick1 open role
Bastrop layoffs
No layoff notices naming Bastrop in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Morehouse Parish outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs down 3.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 6.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.2%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Bastrop. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Temporary road closure on Jackson St and Oak St in Monroe for St. Francis elevator installationMyArkLaMiss on MSN · Nov 4, 2026
Learn and get funded in Bastrop
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Bastrop. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Louisiana? How to file for unemployment in Louisiana (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Union Parish Consortium
Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll
Morehouse American Job Center
Bastrop · Comprehensive · 318-283-0849
Monday-Wednesday and Friday 8am-4:30pm (Closes 12:30 pm-1pm for lunch)Thursday- 8am-12:30pm
Morehouse Parish economy
5.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.7% the month before
9,375
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
24,967
people in Morehouse Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$36,981
median household income
Source: Census ACS
25%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Louisiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Louisiana unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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