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Winston County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Winston County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Winston County economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 7,587

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 17,609

    people in Winston County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $49,071

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 26%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Winston County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Winston 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 Winston 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.

  1. Polo Custom Products1 open role
  2. Universal Health Services1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Winston 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

  • Louisville WIN Job Center

    Louisville · Comprehensive · 662-773-5051

    Mon. - Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Closed Wed. 4:00 p.m. - Closed daily 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Cities in Winston County

Other Mississippi counties

All of Mississippi

Laid off or looking for work in Winston 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.