Phillips County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near mePhillips County economy
6.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
7.0% the month before
4,542
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
15,910
people in Phillips County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$38,874
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Phillips 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 5.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 13.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 6.8%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
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Phillips County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Phillips 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.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Phillips 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).
- Eastern Arkansas Workforce Development Area
Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis
Cities in Phillips County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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