Hattiesburg, MS jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Benefits SpecialistThe Mitchells Agency
- Store Operations ManagerCubeSmart
- Audit ManagerGPAC
- Dean - College of Education and Human SciencesUSM Foundation
- Grand Bank - Chief Compliance OfficerAmerican Statistical Association - ASA
- Practice ManagerBenevis
- Financial Analyst/ManagerRobert Half
- Export Procurement Manager - Gulf South - Hattiesburg, MSNational Guard Employment Network
- Business Process AnalystPivotal Solutions
- Entry-Level Managed Services Engineer - Rapid ResponsePriority Dispatch
Employers hiring most in Hattiesburg
- University of Southern Mississippi12 open roles
- Community Health Systems3 open roles
- Johnson Controls International2 open roles
- Ulta Beauty2 open roles
- American Statistical Association - ASA1 open role
- At Home1 open role
- Benevis1 open role
- Cintas1 open role
- Continental Finance Company1 open role
- CubeSmart1 open role
Hattiesburg layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Hattiesburg in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Hattiesburg
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Southern Mississippi | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| William Carey University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hattiesburg. 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
Hattiesburg WIN Job Center
Hattiesburg · Affiliate · 601-584-1202
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM- Closed - Wed 4:00 PM
Forrest County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
35,335
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
78,027
people in Forrest County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,821
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
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.