Wayne County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wayne County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Wayne County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
7,420
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,699
people in Wayne County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$36,791
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wayne County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wayne 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

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wayne 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

Other Mississippi counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Wayne County?

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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.