Faulkner County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Faulkner County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 25 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Faulkner County economy

3.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
69,093
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
126,001
people in Faulkner County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,071
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Faulkner County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Faulkner 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 Faulkner 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.

Acxiom3 open roles
Snap-on3 open roles
Acadia Healthcare Company2 open roles
Arkansas Jobs2 open roles
Confidential2 open roles
Acadia Healthcare1 open role
Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
cen.ai1 open role
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers1 open role
Future State1 open role

Colleges in Faulkner County

Colleges in Faulkner County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Central Arkansas	Conway	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999
Hendrix College	Conway	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Central Baptist College	Conway	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Faulkner, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline

Arkansas Workforce Center at Conway
Conway · Comprehensive · 501-730-9894
8:00am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday

Cities in Faulkner County

Conway25 jobs

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Faulkner County?

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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.