Johnson County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Johnson County’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Johnson County economy

5.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.7% the month before
9,695
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
25,932
people in Johnson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$44,808
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Johnson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Johnson 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 Johnson 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.

Confidential1 open role

Colleges in Johnson County

Colleges in Johnson County
College	City	Type	Students
University of the Ozarks	Clarksville	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Johnson 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

Cities in Johnson County

Clarksville1 jobs

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Johnson County?

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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.