Batesville, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Batesville
- Intake ManagerWhite River Health System
- Manager-Organizational DevelopmentWhite River Health System
- Project ManagerWhite River Health System
- Senior Project Engineer Lead Complex Construction Projectsbaker construction
- Procurement ManagerFutureFuel
- Strategic Procurement ManagerFutureFuel
- Business ManagerUnitedhealth Group
- Facility CoordinatorWhite River Health System
- Merchandising SpecialistO'Reilly Auto Parts
Employers hiring most in Batesville
- White River Health System4 open roles
- FutureFuel2 open roles
- baker construction1 open role
- O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
- Unitedhealth Group1 open role
Batesville layoffs
No layoff notices naming Batesville in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Batesville
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lyon College | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Independence County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 6.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+920 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Batesville. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Arkansas? How to file for unemployment in Arkansas (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- North Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, White, Woodruff
Independence County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
18,990
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
38,120
people in Independence County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,009
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Arkansas’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Arkansas unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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