Fort Smith, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Fort Smith
- Management TraineeCintas
- Accounts Receivable Specialist ISummit Utilities
- Program Coordinator - Armory (6015)Three Saints Bay
- Manufacturing EngineerTrane U.s.
- HR GeneralistTrane U.s.
- Application Engineer IITrane U.s.
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Clinical Director - Fort Smith, ARBlue Sprig
- Sales Manager - Dealer/Buy GroupWalther Arms
- Project Manager (Pump, Power & HVAC)EquipmentShare
- Field Reimbursement Manager, Neuroscience - (St. Louis, MO) - Patient Engagement & Customer Solutions (PECS)Brighter Signals
Employers hiring most in Fort Smith
- Rheem6 open roles
- ABB4 open roles
- Air National Guard Units4 open roles
- Rheem Manufacturing3 open roles
- Trane U.s.3 open roles
- Applied Industrial Technologies2 open roles
- Owens Corning2 open roles
- Amazon1 open role
- Arkansas Colleges of Health Education1 open role
- Aston Carter1 open role
Fort Smith layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Fort Smith in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Fort Smith
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Job fairs and business events in Fort Smith
Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Fort Smith.
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Fort Smith. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Western Arkansas Workforce Development Area
Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Polk, Scott, Sebastian
Arkansas Workforce Center at Fort Smith
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Sebastian County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
60,030
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
128,448
people in Sebastian County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,450
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Arkansas’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.