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Mississippi jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Mississippi’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. 882 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 3 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Mississippi economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.7% the month before

  • 1,274,635

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 2,951,438

    people in Mississippi

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $54,915

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Mississippi layoffs

  • 3

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 926

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 3

    employers

WARN notices filed in Mississippi, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Greenwood Leflore HospitalTakes effect Jun 15, 2026Leflore County425Closure — WARN- Due to Financial Challenges.State record
Laboratory Corporation of AmericaTakes effect Jun 9, 2026DeSoto County60Closure — WARN ± Due to Consolidation of Business.State record
Stanley Black & DeckerLee County441Closure — WARN- Due to production of certain items.State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Mississippi

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Mississippi State University65 open roles
  2. Amazon40 open roles
  3. Anduril Industries37 open roles
  4. University of Southern Mississippi16 open roles
  5. Paccar15 open roles
  6. Relativity Space14 open roles
  7. Acadia Healthcare Company12 open roles
  8. University of Mississippi12 open roles
  9. Community Health Systems10 open roles
  10. Northrop Grumman10 open roles
  11. Northwest Mississippi Community College10 open roles
  12. Rocket Lab10 open roles

Higher education in Mississippi

  • 17

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 171,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Mississippi

Largest colleges in Mississippi
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Mississippi State UniversityMississippi StatePublic 4-year20,000+
University of MississippiUniversityPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Southern MississippiHattiesburgPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Jackson State UniversityJacksonPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
William Carey UniversityHattiesburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn StatePublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Belhaven UniversityJacksonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Delta State UniversityClevelandPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Mississippi CollegeClintonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Mississippi University for WomenColumbusPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta BenaPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Tougaloo CollegeTougalooPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

All 17 Mississippi colleges

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Delta Workforce Development Area

    Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Panola, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tunica, Washington

  • Mississippi Partnership Workforce Investment Area

    Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, De Soto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha

  • Southcentral Mississippi Works Workforce Development Board

    Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Simpson, Walthall, Warren, Wilkinson, Yazoo

  • Twin Districts Workforce Development Area

    Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leake, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Pearl River, Perry, Scott, Smith, Stone, Wayne

29 American Job Centers in Mississippi

Job fairs and business events in Mississippi

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Mississippi.

Conferences in Mississippi

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Mississippi, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 3 with dates announced.

All conferences

Mississippi counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Mississippi cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Mississippi?

See what to do first, what Mississippi unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Mississippi’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Mississippi unemployment benefits.