Conway, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Benefits SpecialistUCA
- Plant Operations DirectorRidgemere
- Senior AccountantFuture State
- Senior Structural DesignerInternational Paper
- Associate AttorneyOrion Placement
- Office ManagerSnelling
- Maintenance ManagerBrookdale Senior Living
- Production Planner IIIWestrock Coffee Company
- Senior Credit Analyst/Underwritercen.ai
- Plant Manager DirectorNexoval Group
Employers hiring most in Conway
- Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
- Ridgemere2 open roles
- Snap-on2 open roles
- Acxiom1 open role
- Arkansas Jobs1 open role
- Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
- cen.ai1 open role
- Cintas1 open role
- Confidential1 open role
- Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers1 open role
Conway layoffs
No layoff notices naming Conway 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 Conway
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Central Arkansas | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Hendrix College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Central Baptist College | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Faulkner 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 8.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 8.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,032 jobs), construction (+713 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−349 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Conway
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Conway. 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).
- Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Faulkner, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline
Arkansas Workforce Center at Conway
Conway · Comprehensive · 501-730-9894
8:00am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday
Faulkner County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
69,334
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
126,001
people in Faulkner County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,071
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
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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