Washington County, AR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Washington County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 180 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Washington County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
144,455
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
251,863
people in Washington County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,426
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Washington 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 4.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 9.9% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.1%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,583 jobs), construction (+1,226 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,308 jobs), admin & staffing (−972 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Washington County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Washington County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Washington 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 Washington 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.

Tyson Foods79 open roles
University of Arkansas10 open roles
University of Arkansas at Little Rock6 open roles
Procter & Gamble5 open roles
Olsson4 open roles
Olsson4 open roles
Conagra Brands3 open roles
Graybar3 open roles
Arconic2 open roles
Black & Veatch2 open roles

Colleges in Washington County

Colleges in Washington County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Arkansas	Fayetteville	Public 4-year	20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Washington

Arkansas Workforce Center at Fayetteville
Fayetteville · Affiliate · 479-521-5730
8:00am to 5:00pm 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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