New Iberia, LA jobs, layoffs and employers

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- General Manager - RestaurantLove's Travel Stops
- Software Engineering Lead- Operations MES USAFirst Solar
- Human Resources ManagerFirst Solar
- Team Lead- Coater USA (Crew D/ PM Shift)First Solar
- Remote Business Development AssociateAOGarcia
- Supply Chain SpecialistW&T Offshore
- Manager- Human Resources USALED FastStart
- Electrical EngineerCleco
- Human Resources Manager-ManufacturingPrequel Solutions
- HR CoordinatorPrequel Solutions
Employers hiring most in New Iberia
- First Solar3 open roles
- Chart Industries2 open roles
- Prequel Solutions2 open roles
- AOGarcia1 open role
- Cleco1 open role
- LED FastStart1 open role
- Love's Travel Stops1 open role
- SLB1 open role
- W&T Offshore1 open role
New Iberia layoffs
No layoff notices naming New Iberia 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.
Iberia 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 6.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 4.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+742 jobs), health care (+358 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving New Iberia. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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- Louisiana Workforce Development Board #40
Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion
Iberia American Job Center
New Iberia · Affiliate · 337-347-9537
Mon-Wed ,Fri 8:00am-4:30pm, Thurs 8:00am-2:00pm
Iberia Parish economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
29,177
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
69,194
people in Iberia Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,811
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
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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