Ocean Springs, MS jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Ocean Springs
- Principal or Sr. Principal Mechanical EngineerNorthrop Grumman
- Patient Care Manager | Critical Care ServicesSinging River Health System
- Structural Engineer Level 2 / 3Northrop Grumman
- Mechanical Design Engineer Level 3/ 4Northrop Grumman
- Systems Engineer Level 3 / 4Northrop Grumman
- Chief Human Resources OfficerSinging River Health System
Employers hiring most in Ocean Springs
- Northrop Grumman4 open roles
- Singing River Health System2 open roles
Ocean Springs layoffs
No layoff notices naming Ocean Springs 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.
Jackson 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 up 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: admin & staffing (+461 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: construction (−616 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ocean Springs. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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Jackson County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
66,203
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
144,437
people in Jackson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,756
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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