Little Rock, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Senior Liability Claims Examiner Remote, High-ExposureInternational Programs Group
- Treasury Onboarding & Implementation SpecialistSimmons Bank
- Product Marketing SpecialistPerfect 10
- Accounts Payable SpecialistArtech
- Remote Liability Claims Examiner for Auto & PropertyClaims Pro USA
- Remote Liability Claims Examiner - Auto & PropertyInternational Programs Group
- Recruiting CoordinatorUnknown Planner
- Real Estate Operations CoordinatorRayonier
- Account CoordinatorICF International
- Technical Sales Representative (Little Rock, AR)Ecolab USA
Employers hiring most in Little Rock
- Bank OZK14 open roles
- Arkansas Children's11 open roles
- Amazon7 open roles
- Arkansas Children's7 open roles
- Arkansas Childrens Hospital6 open roles
- Arkansas Electric Cooperative5 open roles
- Nexstar Media Group5 open roles
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers5 open roles
- GPAC4 open roles
- Veterans Health Administration4 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Little Rock
- Bank OZK1,001–5,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Little Rock layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Little Rock 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 Little Rock
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| University of Arkansas Grantham | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Arkansas Baptist College | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Philander Smith University | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Job fairs and business events in Little Rock
Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Little Rock.
- Starting a businessNov 10, 2026 · Little Rock, AR · Free
SBDC / SBA partner: Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center
- Starting a businessNov 17, 2026 · Little Rock, AR · Free
SBDC / SBA partner: Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center
Conferences in Little Rock
Industry conferences and trade shows held in Little Rock. No dates announced yet for the next edition.
- SAIR Annual Conference
Usually October (next dates not announced) · Little Rock, AR
Paid ticket. Fees not listed on the home page; next edition Nov 13-16, 2027 in Houston.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Little Rock. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Faulkner, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline
- Little Rock Workforce Development Board
City: Little Rock
Arkansas Workforce Center at Little Rock
Little Rock · Comprehensive · 501-682-0228
8:00am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday
Pulaski County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
207,304
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
398,949
people in Pulaski County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,385
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
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.