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Madison County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Madison County’s unemployment rate is 2.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Madison County economy

  • 2.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 8,624

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 17,032

    people in Madison County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $53,888

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 28%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Madison County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Madison 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 Madison 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. Ducommun6 open roles
  2. Butterball1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Madison County

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Madison 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.