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Garland County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Garland County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 16 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Garland County economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 44,401

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 100,062

    people in Garland County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $55,409

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Garland 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 2.0% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 0.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+385 jobs), arts & recreation (+341 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−417 jobs)

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Garland County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Garland 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 Garland 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.

  1. Department of State Headquarters2 open roles
  2. Encompass Health2 open roles
  3. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
  4. Defense Contract Management Agency1 open role
  5. LifePoint Health1 open role
  6. Orion Placement1 open role
  7. Primo Brands1 open role
  8. Property Solutions Group1 open role
  9. Radius Aerospace1 open role
  10. Rock Dental Brands1 open role

Colleges in Garland County

Colleges in Garland County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Champion Christian CollegeHot SpringsPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Conferences in Garland County

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Garland County. 2 with dates announced.

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Garland 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).

  • Arkansas Workforce Center at Hot Springs

    Hot Springs · Comprehensive · 501-525-3450

    8:00am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday

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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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