Lincoln Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lincoln Parish’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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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

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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Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
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Lincoln Parish layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lincoln 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Lincoln 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.

Louisiana Tech University7 open roles
Andritz Hydro2 open roles
Buc-ee's1 open role
Empire Petroleum1 open role
Grambling State University1 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

Colleges in Lincoln Parish

Colleges in Lincoln Parish
College	City	Type	Students
Louisiana Tech University	Ruston	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999
Grambling State University	Grambling	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lincoln Parish. 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).

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)

Cities in Lincoln Parish

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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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