Meridian, MS jobs, layoffs and employers

24 open professional jobs in Meridian. Meridian is in Lauderdale County.

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Employers hiring most in Meridian

  1. Air National Guard Units3 open roles
  2. IES Holdings3 open roles
  3. Department of the Air Force1 open role
  4. Dizario Search1 open role
  5. Ethos Contracting Group1 open role
  6. Fairbanks Scales1 open role
  7. Ideal Software Systems1 open role
  8. IPS PowerServe1 open role
  9. Mastec1 open role
  10. Mississippi Baptist Health Systems1 open role

Meridian layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Meridian 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 Meridian. 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

  • Meridian WIN Job Center

    Meridian · Comprehensive · 601-553-9511

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

Lauderdale County economy

  • 3.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 27,976

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 71,984

    people in Lauderdale County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $50,033

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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.