Ouachita County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ouachita County economy

• 4.5%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  5.4% the month before

• 8,976

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 22,317

  people in Ouachita County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $49,838

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 32%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ouachita County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ouachita 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 Ouachita 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. L3HARRIS Technologies51 open roles
2. Harris Health Strategic Fund17 open roles
3. Lockheed Martin6 open roles
4. L3HARRIS Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.4 open roles
5. L3Harris Technologies3 open roles
6. National Technical Systems3 open roles
7. Armtec Defense Technologies1 open role
8. Harris1 open role
9. L3 Harris1 open role
10. Lockheed Martin Services1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

• Southwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board

  Calhoun, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita, Sevier, Union

• Arkansas Workforce Center at Camden

  Camden · Affiliate · 870-836-5024

  Monday & Wednesday - 8:00 a.m.- 5:30 p.m., Tuesday & Thursday - 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Friday - 8:00 - Noon

Cities in Ouachita County

• Camden90 jobs

Other Arkansas counties

• Pulaski County
• Benton County
• Washington County
• Sebastian County
• Faulkner County
• Saline County
• Craighead County
• Garland County
• White County
• Lonoke County
• Jefferson County
• Pope County