Attala County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Attala County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Attala County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.1% the month before
7,139
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
17,685
people in Attala County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$48,098
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Attala County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Attala County 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 Attala County. 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

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Laid off or looking for work in Attala County?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Mississippi’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.