Sharp County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sharp County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Sharp County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.0% the month before
6,631
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
17,597
people in Sharp County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$42,950
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sharp County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Sharp 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 Sharp 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.

Emerson4 open roles
Tokai Carbon GE2 open roles
Arkansas Electric Cooperative1 open role
Bank OZK1 open role
Butterball1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

North Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, White, Woodruff

Cities in Sharp County

Ozark5 jobs
Ash Flat4 jobs

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Sharp County?

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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.