Craighead County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Craighead County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 31 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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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

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)

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Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Craighead County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Craighead County 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.

Employers hiring most in Craighead County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

New York Institute Of Technology3 open roles
Jobot2 open roles
RogersHood2 open roles
State of Arkansas2 open roles
Westside Schools2 open roles
Amazon1 open role
Arkansas Early Learning1 open role
Australia-Employment1 open role
Baptist Memorial Health1 open role
Capital Management1 open role

Colleges in Craighead County

Colleges in Craighead County
College	City	Type	Students
Arkansas State University	Jonesboro	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Craighead County. 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

Cities in Craighead County

Jonesboro31 jobs

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Arkansas’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Arkansas unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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