El Dorado, AR jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Plant ManagerChemours
- E&I Process Engineer | Recruiting in El Dorado, AR, La Porte, TX & Surrounding AreasChemours
- Health & Safety ManagerClean Harbors
- Inside Sales RepresentativeRexel Energy Solutions USA
- Senior Manager of Marketing Analytics and Consumer IntelligenceMurphy USA
- Corporate Real Estate Manager- DFWMurphy USA
- Merchandise Project Manager (Home Office)Murphy USA
- Fuels Project ManagerMurphy USA
- Store Development Project Manager IIMurphy USA
- Design Project ManagerMurphy USA
Employers hiring most in El Dorado
- Murphy USA22 open roles
- Chemours2 open roles
- Lanxess2 open roles
- Clean Harbors1 open role
- Delek US1 open role
- Rexel Energy Solutions USA1 open role
- State of Arkansas1 open role
El Dorado layoffs
No layoff notices naming El Dorado 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.
Union County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs down 2.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 5.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.4%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−374 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in Arkansas? How to file for unemployment in Arkansas (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
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Union County economy
4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.2% the month before
15,806
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
38,368
people in Union County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,221
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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