Jonesboro, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Accounts Receivable SpecialistStaffmark Group
- Pharmacy Operations ManagerWalgreens
- DIRECTOR - RESPIRATORYSt Bernards Medical Center
- Outside Sales Representative - JonesboroUnifirst
- Assistant Dean, Student AdministrationNew York Institute Of Technology
- Administrative AssistantNew York Institute Of Technology
- Anatomy Lab ManagerNew York Institute Of Technology
- Manufacturing EngineerPost Consumer Brands
- Regional Banking Relationship Manager Sr.Huntington Bank
- Entry Staff Accountant Audit & Financial AnalysisHCJ CPAs & Advisors PLLC
Employers hiring most in Jonesboro
- New York Institute Of Technology3 open roles
- Jobot2 open roles
- RogersHood2 open roles
- St Bernards Medical Center2 open roles
- State of Arkansas2 open roles
- Amazon1 open role
- Arkansas Early Learning1 open role
- Australia-Employment1 open role
- Baptist Memorial Health1 open role
- Capital Management1 open role
Jonesboro layoffs
No layoff notices naming Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State University | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Craighead 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 3.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 4.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,518 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−586 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Jonesboro
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jonesboro. 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).
- Northeast Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph
Arkansas Workforce Center at Jonesboro
Jonesboro · Comprehensive · 870-935-5594
8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
Craighead County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
58,207
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
112,097
people in Craighead County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,615
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
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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