Hope, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Hope
- Attorney II State Government CounselState of Arkansas
- Civil/Structural EngineerSteel Dynamics
- ATTORNEY IIState of Arkansas
- Administrator Accounting - Hope PlantTyson Foods
Employers hiring most in Hope
- State of Arkansas2 open roles
- Steel Dynamics1 open role
- Tyson Foods1 open role
Hope layoffs
No layoff notices naming Hope 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.
Hempstead 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 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 4.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hope. 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
Calhoun, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita, Sevier, Union
Arkansas Workforce Center at Hope
Hope · Comprehensive · 870-777-3421
8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday - Friday
Hempstead County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
8,796
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,778
people in Hempstead County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$47,654
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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