Pearl River County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pearl River County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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

Pearl River County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pearl River 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 Pearl River 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.

Startekk1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pearl River County. 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.

Cities in Pearl River County

Picayune1 jobs

Other Mississippi counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Pearl River 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.