Forest, MS jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Forest

• Program Operations ManagerPrattwhitney
• Sentinel/DLA 3 Program Operations Manager - Forest, MSRTX
• Program Operations ManagerRTX
• Manufacturing Engineer IIRTX
• Automation Systems Engineer IIRTX
• Test & Validation Engineer IIRTX
• Sr. Test & Validation EngineerRTX
• Supply Chain ManagerONEPOWER Consulting
• Manufacturing Engineer IIRaytheon Technologies

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Employers hiring most in Forest

1. RTX6 open roles
2. ONEPOWER Consulting1 open role
3. Prattwhitney1 open role
4. Raytheon Technologies1 open role

Forest layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Forest in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Forest. 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

• Forest WIN Job Center

  Forest · Comprehensive · 601-469-2851

  Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Closed Wed. 4:00 p.m.

Scott County economy

• 2.7%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  3.6% the month before

• 11,347

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 27,754

  people in Scott County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $48,492

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 28%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS