Phillips County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Phillips County’s unemployment rate is 7.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Phillips County economy

7.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
7.3% the month before
4,556
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
15,910
people in Phillips County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$38,874
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Phillips County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Phillips 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 Phillips County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Eastern Arkansas Workforce Development Area
Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis

Cities in Phillips County

Lake

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Phillips 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.