West Memphis, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
West Memphis layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming West Memphis in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving West Memphis. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Eastern Arkansas Workforce Development Area
Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis
Arkansas Workforce Center at West Memphis
West Memphis · Comprehensive · 870-400-2269
Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
Crittenden County economy
4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.9% the month before
20,899
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
47,609
people in Crittenden County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,271
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in West Memphis?
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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.