Garland County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Garland County economy

• 3.6%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  4.3% the month before

• 44,528

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 100,062

  people in Garland County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $55,409

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 33%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Garland County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Garland 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 Garland 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. Commonspirit Health2 open roles
2. Department of State Headquarters2 open roles
3. Express Employment Professionals Defunct1 open role
4. Hidden Talent Solutions1 open role
5. Hot Springs Advertising & Promotion Commission1 open role
6. Hot Springs Village1 open role
7. LifePoint Health1 open role
8. Radius Aerospace1 open role
9. Upstream Rehabilitation1 open role

Colleges in Garland County

Workforce development and job centers

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

• West Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board

  Clark, Conway, Garland, Hot Spring, Johnson, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Pope, Yell

• Arkansas Workforce Center at Hot Springs

  Hot Springs · Comprehensive · 501-525-3450

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

Cities in Garland County

• Hot Springs12 jobs

Other Arkansas counties

• Pulaski County
• Benton County
• Washington County
• Sebastian County
• Faulkner County
• Saline County
• Craighead County
• White County
• Lonoke County
• Jefferson County
• Pope County
• Crawford County