De Soto Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

De Soto Parish’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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De Soto Parish economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.9% the month before
11,120
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
26,897
people in De Soto Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$46,077
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

De Soto 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 26.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+967 jobs)

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De Soto Parish layoffs

No layoff notices naming De Soto 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 De Soto 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.

DT Midstream1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving De Soto Parish. 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

DeSoto/Red River American Job Center
Mansfield · Affiliate · 318-871-2391
M, T, W 8:00 am to 4:30 pm ;Th 8:00 am to 2:30 pm; Fri 8:00am-3;30pm(Closed for lunch 11:30am-12:30pm)

Cities in De Soto Parish

Mansfield1 jobs

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Louisiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Louisiana unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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