Ruston, LA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Human Resources Field RepresentativeBuc-ee's
- Machine Learning Research ScientistLED FastStart
- Business & Consumer Lending Underwriter IIOrigin Bank
- Automation Solutions ConsultantHuman Capital Ventures
- Plant ManagerAndritz Hydro
- Production ManagerAndritz Hydro
- Merchandise ManagerUlta Beauty
- District ManagerEmpire Petroleum
- Automation Solutions ConsultantTop Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)
Employers hiring most in Ruston
- Andritz Hydro2 open roles
- Buc-ee's1 open role
- Empire Petroleum1 open role
- Human Capital Ventures1 open role
- LED FastStart1 open role
- Origin Bank1 open role
- Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)1 open role
- Ulta Beauty1 open role
Ruston layoffs
No layoff notices naming Ruston 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 Ruston
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Tech University | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Lincoln Parish outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 4.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ruston. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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- Seventh Planning District Consortium
Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster
Lincoln/Bienville Parish American Job Center
Ruston · Affiliate · 318-251-5023
Monday - Wednesday: 8:30am - 4:30pm, Thursday: 8:00am - 2:30pm, Friday: 8:00am - 3:30pm(Closed for lunch 11:30am-12:30pm)
Lincoln Parish economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
22,178
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
48,160
people in Lincoln Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$38,035
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
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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