Van Buren, AR jobs, layoffs and employers

3 open professional jobs in Van Buren. Van Buren is in Union County.

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Jobs in Van Buren

Content Marketing SpecialistBigTime Software
Director of ProductBigTime Software
Executive AssistantTate & Lyle

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Employers hiring most in Van Buren

BigTime Software2 open roles
Tate & Lyle1 open role

Van Buren layoffs

No layoff notices naming Van Buren 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.

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FundingNov 17, 2026 · Van Buren, AR · Free
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SBDC / SBA partner: Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center

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 Van Buren. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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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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Sources: 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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