Independence County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Independence County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
18,731
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
38,120
people in Independence County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,009
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Independence County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Independence 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 Independence 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.
- White River Health System3 open roles
- Aldi1 open role
- Arkansas Talent Group1 open role
- FutureFuel1 open role
- gpac1 open role
- Lyon College1 open role
- O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
Colleges in Independence County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon College | Batesville | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Independence County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- North Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, White, Woodruff
Cities in Independence County
- Batesville8 jobs
Other Arkansas counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.