Lee County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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5.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.4% the month before
2,347
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
8,511
people in Lee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$36,860
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Lee County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Lee County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lee County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Eastern Arkansas Workforce Development Area
Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis
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.