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Craighead County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Craighead County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 36 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Craighead County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.1% the month before

  • 57,991

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 112,097

    people in Craighead County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $57,615

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Craighead County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Craighead 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 Craighead 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.

  1. New York Institute Of Technology4 open roles
  2. Apex Tool Group Homepage2 open roles
  3. Cintas2 open roles
  4. Connect Tech+Talent2 open roles
  5. First Horizon Bank2 open roles
  6. ABB1 open role
  7. Amazon1 open role
  8. Arkansas State University1 open role
  9. Baptist.org1 open role
  10. Camfil USA1 open role

Colleges in Craighead County

Colleges in Craighead County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Arkansas State UniversityJonesboroPublic 4-year10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Arkansas Workforce Center at Jonesboro

    Jonesboro · Comprehensive · 870-935-5594

    8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday

Cities in Craighead County

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Craighead County?

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See your options after a layoff

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.