Carthage, MS jobs, layoffs and employers
Carthage layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Carthage in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Carthage. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- 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
Carthage WIN Job Center
Carthage · Comprehensive · 601-267-9282
Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Closed Wed. 4:00 p.m.
Leake County economy
2.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
8,655
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
21,288
people in Leake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$48,418
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.