Picayune, MS jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Picayune
Employers hiring most in Picayune
- Startekk1 open role
Picayune layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Picayune in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Picayune. 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
Picayune WIN Job Center
Picayune · Affiliate · 601-798-3472
Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00p.m., Wednesday 8am-4pm.
Pearl River County economy
3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
24,422
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
56,781
people in Pearl River County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,535
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
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.