Webster County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Webster County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Webster County economy

2.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.6% the month before
4,495
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
9,942
people in Webster County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,964
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Webster County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Webster 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 Webster 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.

Belinda Stewart Architects, PA1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Webster 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

Other Mississippi counties

All of Mississippi

Laid off or looking for work in Webster 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.