Forest, MS jobs, layoffs and employers

10 open professional jobs in Forest. Forest is in Scott County.

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Jobs in Forest

Sentinel/DLA 3 Program Operations Manager - Forest, MSRTX
Program Operations ManagerRTX
Manufacturing Engineer IIRTX
Automation Systems Engineer IIRTX
Test & Validation Engineer IIRTX
Sr. Test & Validation EngineerRTX
Sr. Manufacturing EngineerRTX
Manager, Government Property ManagementRTX
Quality Engineer (onsite)RTX
Program Operations ManagerRaytheon Technologies

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Employers hiring most in Forest

RTX9 open roles
Raytheon Technologies1 open role

Forest layoffs

No layoff notices naming Forest 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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Scott 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 5.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.8%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+468 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

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

Twin Districts Workforce Development Area
Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leake, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Pearl River, Perry, Scott, Smith, Stone, Wayne

Forest WIN Job Center
Forest · Comprehensive · 601-469-2851
Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Closed Wed. 4:00 p.m.

Scott County economy

2.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.2% the month before
11,386
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
27,754
people in Scott County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$48,492
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from Mississippi’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Mississippi unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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