Harrison, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Harrison
- Analyst-HR AdministrationFedEx Freight Holding Company
- Analyst-Revenue QualityFedEx Freight Holding Company
- Human Resources ManagerWABASH NATIONAL
- Plant AccountantPace Industries
- Home Health RN Branch DirectorHumana Government Business
Employers hiring most in Harrison
- FedEx Freight Holding Company2 open roles
- Humana Government Business1 open role
- Pace Industries1 open role
- WABASH NATIONAL1 open role
Harrison layoffs
No layoff notices naming Harrison 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
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Harrison. 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).
- Southwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board
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Arkansas Workforce Center at Harrison
Harrison · Affiliate · 870-741-8236
8:00am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday
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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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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