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Hattiesburg, MS jobs, layoffs and employers

43 open professional jobs in Hattiesburg. Hattiesburg is in Forrest County.

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Jobs in Hattiesburg

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Employers hiring most in Hattiesburg

  1. University of Southern Mississippi14 open roles
  2. Community Health Systems6 open roles
  3. AMN Healthcare, Executive & Physician Leadership Solutions2 open roles
  4. Realty Advantage2 open roles
  5. Ulta Beauty2 open roles
  6. Advisory Partners1 open role
  7. Agape Care1 open role
  8. At Home1 open role
  9. Benevis1 open role
  10. Central Sunbelt FCU1 open role

Hattiesburg layoffs

No layoff notices naming Hattiesburg 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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Colleges in Hattiesburg

Colleges in Hattiesburg
CollegeTypeStudents
University of Southern MississippiPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
William Carey UniversityPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999

Forrest 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 4.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 1.1% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−946 jobs), manufacturing (−613 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hattiesburg. 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

  • Hattiesburg WIN Job Center

    Hattiesburg · Affiliate · 601-584-1202

    Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM- Closed - Wed 4:00 PM

Forrest County economy

  • 3.0%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.3% the month before

  • 35,659

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 78,027

    people in Forrest County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $52,821

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    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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