Monticello, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Post Doc Research AssociateUniversity of Arkansas at Monticello
- Applied AI EngineerCCI Systems
- Operations Managergpac
- Migrant RecruiterSoutheast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
Employers hiring most in Monticello
- CCI Systems1 open role
- gpac1 open role
- Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative1 open role
- University of Arkansas at Monticello1 open role
Monticello layoffs
No layoff notices naming Monticello 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 Monticello
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas at Monticello | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Drew 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 up 6.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+416 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Monticello. 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).
- Southeast Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln
Arkansas Workforce Center at Monticello
Monticello · Affiliate · 870-224-7075
8:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Thursday; 8:00am to 12:00pm Friday
Drew County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.9% the month before
7,884
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
17,143
people in Drew County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$41,071
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
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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