Benton County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Benton County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 181 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Benton County economy

2.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.3% the month before
175,262
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
294,541
people in Benton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$89,879
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Benton County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Benton County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

Employers hiring most in Benton County

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.

Walmart41 open roles
J.B. Hunt12 open roles
Sam's Club8 open roles
Hunt J B Transport Services6 open roles
Kraft Heinz5 open roles
Uber Freight5 open roles
Coca Cola3 open roles
Pepsico3 open roles
Samprasoft3 open roles
Software Technology3 open roles

Colleges in Benton County

Colleges in Benton County
College	City	Type	Students
John Brown University	Siloam Springs	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Ecclesia College	Springdale	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Benton County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Northwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Washington

Cities in Benton County

Bentonville103 jobs
Rogers46 jobs
Lowell24 jobs
Siloam Springs5 jobs

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Arkansas’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.