Houston, MS jobs, layoffs and employers

Houston layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

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

• 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

• Houston WIN Job Center

  Houston · Comprehensive · 662-407-1219

  Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm; Closed daily 12pm-1pm

Chickasaw County economy

• 4.2%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  5.3% the month before

• 5,647

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 16,994

  people in Chickasaw County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $43,041

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 21%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS