Harahan, LA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Chief Clinical OfficerAscension-Depaul-Services
- Safety Specialist - USBL - USSysco
- Marine Field ManagerHiller Companies
- Project Manager - MarineHiller Companies
- Relationship Banker Team Lead - Elmwood BranchRegions Financial
- Entry-Level Marketing Assistant Flexible Growth PathThink Tell Junction
- Policy Research Analyst (Entry-Level, Remote)The Policy & Research Group
- Junior Research AnalystThe Policy and Research Group
- Private Wealth Client Services AssociateMorgan Stanley
- Employment Litigation AssociateOgletree Deakins
Employers hiring most in Harahan
- Hiller Companies2 open roles
- The Policy & Research Group2 open roles
- Accura Engineering1 open role
- Ascension Depaul Services1 open role
- Ascension-Depaul-Services1 open role
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Acadiana1 open role
- Big Easy Blends1 open role
- Brunel1 open role
- Catholic Charities1 open role
- CDM Smith1 open role
Harahan layoffs
No layoff notices naming Harahan 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.
Jefferson 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 up 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,302 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+859 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−1,376 jobs), admin & staffing (−1,233 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in Louisiana? How to file for unemployment in Louisiana (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
Jefferson Parish economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
208,297
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
432,484
people in Jefferson Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,246
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
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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