Canton, MS jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Canton

• Commissioning Engineer, AWS Data Center CommissioningAmazon Data Services
• Tech Infra Program Manager, Data Center DeliveryAmazon
• Operations ManagerAmazon
• Data Center Project Manager, Critical Projects ImplementationAmazon
• Cabling Infrastructure Manager, DCC CommunitiesAmazon
• Data Center Infrastructure Delivery Manager - Night Shift, Infra DeliveryAmazon
• Data Center Cluster Operations Leader (Senior Manager), DCC CommunitiesAmazon
• Sr. HR Business Partner, NACFAmazon
• Data Center Infrastructure Delivery Manager, Infra Delivery ManagerAmazon
• Sr. Operations ManagerAmazon

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Employers hiring most in Canton

1. Amazon22 open roles
2. Amazon Data Services1 open role
3. WillScot1 open role

Canton layoffs

No layoff notices naming Canton 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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Madison 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 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 6.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+1,586 jobs), health care (+1,295 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,430 jobs), admin & staffing (−439 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Canton

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• 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.

Workforce development and job centers

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

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Madison County economy

• 2.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.9% the month before

• 57,654

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 110,303

  people in Madison County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $78,794

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 47%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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