Fayetteville, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Restaurant General ManagerSweetgreen
- Project Manager - Civil Site DesignOlsson
- Project Engineer - Site DesignOlsson
- Geotechnical EngineerOlsson
- Licensed Civil Engineer - Site DesignOlsson
- Licensed Transportation Engineer - Traffic & TechnologyOlsson
- Civil Designer - Site DesignOlsson
- Associate Engineer – Substation and Power GenerationOlsson
- Engineer IIITyson Foods
- Sr. C&I Relationship ManagerCommunity America Credit Union
Employers hiring most in Fayetteville
- University of Arkansas9 open roles
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock6 open roles
- Olsson4 open roles
- Conagra Brands3 open roles
- Olsson3 open roles
- Black & Veatch2 open roles
- Encompass Health2 open roles
- Garver2 open roles
- Swarm Aero2 open roles
- 1828 Capital1 open role
Fayetteville layoffs
No layoff notices naming Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
Washington 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 4.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 9.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.1%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,583 jobs), construction (+1,226 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,308 jobs), admin & staffing (−972 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Fayetteville
- 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 Fayetteville. 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).
- Northwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Washington
Arkansas Workforce Center at Fayetteville
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Washington County economy
3.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
144,455
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
251,863
people in Washington County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,426
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
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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