Vermilion Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Vermilion Parish’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Vermilion Parish economy

3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
25,578
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
57,031
people in Vermilion Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,537
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Vermilion 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 5.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.5%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+406 jobs)

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Vermilion Parish layoffs

No layoff notices naming Vermilion 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 Vermilion 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.

Amazon1 open role
Choctaw Professional Staffing Group1 open role
Flow Control Group1 open role
Gulf Coast Bank1 open role
O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
Universal Hospital Services1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Vermilion 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).

Louisiana Workforce Development Board #40
Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion

Vermilion American Job Center
Abbeville · Affiliate · 337-347-9205
Monday and Wednesday 8:00am-4:30pm

Cities in Vermilion Parish

Abbeville6 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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