Monroe, LA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Monroe
- Business Development RepresentativeGoldman Sachs
- Senior Field Engineer - Structured CablingIES Holdings
- Quality Assurance Specialist - Data Center Low Voltage 100% Traveler MCG1 RPLIES Holdings
- Restaurant General ManagerGecko Hospitality
- Sales Account Manager, On-PremiseReyes Holdings
- Interim AVP of Case ManagementConfidential
- City EngineerCity of Monroe, LA
- Territory Sales Manager, Monroe, LA AreaUS Foods
- Junior Graphic DesignerNuby
- Executive Assistant - Monroe, LAOglesby Financial Group
Employers hiring most in Monroe
- M.C. Dean5 open roles
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University4 open roles
- ST Catherines Village4 open roles
- Energy Innovation2 open roles
- IES Holdings2 open roles
- City of Monroe, LA1 open role
- Confidential1 open role
- Empire Petroleum1 open role
- Entergy1 open role
- FlowerHire1 open role
Monroe layoffs
No layoff notices naming Monroe 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.
Colleges in Monroe
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Louisiana at Monroe | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Ouachita 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 1.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+1,371 jobs), health care (+658 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−673 jobs), admin & staffing (−595 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Monroe
- 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 Monroe. 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).
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)
Ouachita Parish economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
70,764
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
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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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