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Sebastian County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sebastian County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 44 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Sebastian County economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 60,030

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 128,448

    people in Sebastian County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $56,450

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sebastian County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Sebastian 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 Sebastian 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. Rheem6 open roles
  2. ABB4 open roles
  3. Air National Guard Units4 open roles
  4. Rheem Manufacturing3 open roles
  5. Trane U.s.3 open roles
  6. Acadia Healthcare Company2 open roles
  7. Applied Industrial Technologies2 open roles
  8. Owens Corning2 open roles
  9. Amazon1 open role
  10. Arkansas Colleges of Health Education1 open role

Colleges in Sebastian County

Colleges in Sebastian County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of Arkansas-Fort SmithFort SmithPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Arkansas Colleges of Health EducationFort SmithPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Arkansas Workforce Center at Fort Smith

    Fort Smith · Comprehensive · 479-783-0231

    8-4:30 M-F

Cities in Sebastian County

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Sebastian 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.