Rankin County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Rankin County economy

• 2.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.7% the month before

• 80,125

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 158,218

  people in Rankin County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $77,454

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 43%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Rankin 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 5.7% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.2% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.5%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,329 jobs), hotels & food (+819 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−761 jobs), admin & staffing (−314 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Rankin County

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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Rankin County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Rankin 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.

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Employers hiring most in Rankin 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. Quanta Services9 open roles
2. VetsEZ2 open roles
3. Academy Of Excellence1 open role
4. AccentCare1 open role
5. Agape Care1 open role
6. Air National Guard Units1 open role
7. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi1 open role
8. Community Health Systems1 open role
9. Encompass Health1 open role
10. GEO Group1 open role

Conferences in Rankin County

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Rankin County. 1 with dates announced.

All conferences

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Rankin County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Mississippi? How to file for unemployment in Mississippi (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Southcentral Mississippi Works Workforce Development Board

  Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Simpson, Walthall, Warren, Wilkinson, Yazoo

• Pearl WIN Job Center

  Pearl · Comprehensive · 601-936-1903

  Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Closed Wed. 4:00 p.m.

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