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Lee County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lee County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 23 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lee County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 37,245

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 83,138

    people in Lee County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,144

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lee County layoffs

  • 1

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 441

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

WARN notices filed in Lee County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Stanley Black & DeckerLee County441Closure — WARN- Due to production of certain items.State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Lee 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. General Atomics7 open roles
  2. VAN Zyverden2 open roles
  3. Academy Of Excellence1 open role
  4. Anduril Industries1 open role
  5. Ashley Furniture1 open role
  6. Guaranty Bank and Trust Company1 open role
  7. Howard Technology Solutions1 open role
  8. Hyve Solutions1 open role
  9. iHeartMedia1 open role
  10. JBS USA Holdings1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lee 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

Cities in Lee County

Other Mississippi counties

All of Mississippi

Laid off or looking for work in Lee 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.