Jackson County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Jackson County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Jackson County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
5,701
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
16,775
people in Jackson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$41,215
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Jackson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Jackson 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 Jackson 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.

Shearer's Snacks1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jackson 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

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Jackson County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

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.