Caddo Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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

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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Caddo Parish layoffs

No layoff notices naming Caddo Parish 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.

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Employers hiring most in Caddo Parish

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

1. SLB27 open roles
2. Veterans Health Administration9 open roles
3. Amazon7 open roles
4. American Electric Power3 open roles
5. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology3 open roles
6. Kinder Morgan3 open roles
7. Benteler International2 open roles
8. CHRISTUS Health2 open roles
9. Dorman Products2 open roles
10. Pike Health Services2 open roles

Colleges in Caddo Parish

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Caddo Parish. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• 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

• Balance of Caddo American Job Center

  Vivian · Affiliate · 318-676-5721

  Mon and Wed.8:30am-4:30Pm ,Thurs.8:30am-2:30pm,Fri 8:30am-3:30pm

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