Rankin County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Rankin County economy
2.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.1% the month before
79,788
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
158,218
people in Rankin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,454
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Rankin County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Rankin County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Rankin 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.
- Quanta Services9 open roles
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi3 open roles
- Ergon2 open roles
- Ulta Beauty2 open roles
- Academy Of Excellence1 open role
- Agape Care1 open role
- Autozone1 open role
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi1 open role
- Bureau of Land Management1 open role
- Carters1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Rankin County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Southcentral Mississippi Works Workforce Development Board
Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Simpson, Walthall, Warren, Wilkinson, Yazoo
Pearl WIN Job Center
Pearl · Comprehensive · 601-936-1903
Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Closed Wed. 4:00 p.m.
Cities in Rankin County
Other Mississippi counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.