University, MS jobs, layoffs and employers
University layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming University 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 University
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Mississippi | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving University. 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
Lafayette County economy
2.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
29,127
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
56,920
people in Lafayette County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,334
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
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.