Pontotoc County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pontotoc County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Pontotoc County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
11,882
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
31,312
people in Pontotoc County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,741
median household income
Source: Census ACS
25%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pontotoc County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc 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.

Acadia Healthcare Company1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pontotoc 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

Tupelo WIN Job Center
Belden · Comprehensive · 662-842-4371
Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Closed Wed. 4:00 p.m.

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Laid off or looking for work in Pontotoc 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.