Union County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Union County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 36 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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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

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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Union County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Union 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 Union 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.

Murphy USA22 open roles
FedEx Freight Holding Company2 open roles
Lanxess2 open roles
QualSpec2 open roles
BigTime Software1 open role
Delek US1 open role
Humana Government Business1 open role
Pace Industries1 open role
State of Arkansas1 open role
Tate & Lyle1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Southwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board
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Cities in Union County

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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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