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Lafayette County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lafayette County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 13 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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

Lafayette County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lafayette 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

Employers hiring most in Lafayette County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Granite Construction Company3 open roles
  2. Chipotle Mexican Grill2 open roles
  3. Northgate Resorts2 open roles
  4. Autozone1 open role
  5. Greystar1 open role
  6. Guaranty Bank and Trust Company1 open role
  7. mTrade1 open role
  8. Regions Financial1 open role
  9. University of Mississippi1 open role

Colleges in Lafayette County

Colleges in Lafayette County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of MississippiUniversityPublic 4-year20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lafayette 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

  • Oxford WIN Job Center

    Oxford · Comprehensive · 662-236-7201

    Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

Cities in Lafayette County

Other Mississippi counties

All of Mississippi

Laid off or looking for work in Lafayette County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.