Laurel, MS jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Laurel

• ADP Payroll Specialist & AP CoordinatorJones County Junior College
• General ManagerApplied Industrial Technologies
• Sr Engineering SpecialistOwens Corning
• Engineering Lead - ToolingOwens Corning
• Regional EHS ManagerOwens Corning
• Electrical Controls EngineerOwens Corning
• Process EngineerOwens Corning
• Safety SpecialistOwens Corning

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Employers hiring most in Laurel

1. Owens Corning6 open roles
2. Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
3. Jones County Junior College1 open role

Laurel layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Laurel 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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Colleges in Laurel

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Laurel. 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

• Laurel WIN Job Center

  Laurel · Comprehensive · 601-399-4000

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

Jones County economy

• 2.4%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  3.3% the month before

• 30,214

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 66,839

  people in Jones County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $51,143

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 30%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS