Russellville, AR jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Senior Automation Controls EngineerConagra Brands
- SVP Commercial Banker IBank OZK
- Logistics Planner 1Mahle
- Clinical DirectorUnitedHealth Group
- Senior Reliability EngineerRivalia Chemical
- Tax Managergpac
- Civil/Structural Design Engineer Sr- NuclearEntergy
- Senior HR GeneralistConagra Brands
- Financial Analyst, Staff AccountantConagra Brands
- Senior Automation Controls EngineerConagra Brands
Employers hiring most in Russellville
- Conagra Brands7 open roles
- Bank OZK1 open role
- Entergy1 open role
- gpac1 open role
- Mahle1 open role
- Rivalia Chemical1 open role
- State of Arkansas1 open role
- UnitedHealth Group1 open role
Russellville layoffs
No layoff notices naming Russellville 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 Russellville
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Tech University | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Pope 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 7.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.4%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+1,245 jobs), hotels & food (+386 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Russellville. 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).
- West Central Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Clark, Conway, Garland, Hot Spring, Johnson, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Pope, Yell
Arkansas Workforce Center at Russellville
Russellville · Comprehensive · 479-968-2784
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday to Friday
Pope County economy
4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.8% the month before
28,660
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
63,830
people in Pope County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,606
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
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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