Union County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Union County economy
4.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.6% the month before
15,723
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
38,368
people in Union County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,221
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Union County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Union 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 Union 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.
- FedEx Freight Holding Company2 open roles
- Lanxess2 open roles
- QualSpec2 open roles
- BigTime Software1 open role
- Davita1 open role
- Delek US1 open role
- Ecowaste Solutions1 open role
- Humana1 open role
- Simmons Pet Food1 open role
- Wabash1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Union 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
Cities in Union County
Other Arkansas counties
Laid off or looking for work in Union County?
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.