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Washington County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Washington County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 103 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Washington County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 143,523

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 251,863

    people in Washington County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $66,426

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 42%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Washington County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Washington 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 Washington 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. Procter & Gamble7 open roles
  2. Nexstar Media Group6 open roles
  3. Olsson4 open roles
  4. Olsson4 open roles
  5. Veterans Health Administration4 open roles
  6. Builders FirstSource3 open roles
  7. Cintas3 open roles
  8. Black & Veatch2 open roles
  9. Community America Credit Union2 open roles
  10. Giltner Logistics2 open roles

Colleges in Washington County

Colleges in Washington County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of ArkansasFayettevillePublic 4-year20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Arkansas Workforce Center at Fayetteville

    Fayetteville · Affiliate · 479-521-5730

    8:00am to 5:00pm Monday - Friday

Cities in Washington County

Other Arkansas counties

All of Arkansas

Laid off or looking for work in Washington County?

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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.