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Greene County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Greene County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Greene County economy

  • 3.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.7% the month before

  • 19,436

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 46,182

    people in Greene County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $56,793

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 32%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Greene County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Greene 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 Greene 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. LifePoint Health1 open role
  2. Martin Sprocket1 open role
  3. The Greenbrier Companies1 open role

Colleges in Greene County

Colleges in Greene County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Crowley's Ridge CollegeParagouldPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Arkansas Workforce Center at Paragould

    Paragould · Affiliate · 870-236-8512

    Monday - Friday, 8:00 A,M, to 4:30 P.M.

Cities in Greene County

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.