Shreveport, LA jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Aircraft Weapons Integration AnalystModern Technology Solutions
- DCN Construction ManagerSLB
- DCN Interface ManagerSLB
- Contract AnalystSLB
- Manager Pastoral Care - Spiritual CareCHRISTUS Health
- DCN Supplier Quality EngineerSLB
- DCN Asst Project Manager, MechanicalSLB
- DCN Site Logistics ManagerSLB
- DCN QUALITY ENGINEERSLB
- Procurement LeadSLB
Employers hiring most in Shreveport
- SLB27 open roles
- Veterans Health Administration9 open roles
- Amazon7 open roles
- American Electric Power5 open roles
- Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology3 open roles
- Kinder Morgan3 open roles
- Benteler International2 open roles
- CHRISTUS Health2 open roles
- Dorman Products2 open roles
- Honeywell2 open roles
Shreveport layoffs
No layoff notices naming Shreveport 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 Shreveport
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana State University-Shreveport | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Centenary College of Louisiana | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Caddo 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 3.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 5.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+2,407 jobs), health care (+1,625 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,600 jobs), arts & recreation (−473 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Shreveport. 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).
- City of Shreveport
City: Shreveport
- Seventh Planning District Consortium
Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster
Caddo American Job Center
Shreveport · Comprehensive · 318-676-7788
Mon-Tue-Wed and Fri 8:00am-5:00pm, Thurr 8:00am-3:00pm
Caddo Parish economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
99,299
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
232,973
people in Caddo Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,067
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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