Picayune, MS jobs, layoffs and employers

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Picayune layoffs

No layoff notices naming Picayune 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Pearl River 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 8.8% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 5.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.4 points from a year ago

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Picayune. 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

Picayune WIN Job Center
Picayune · Affiliate · 601-798-3472
Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00p.m., Wednesday 8am-4pm.

Pearl River County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
24,544
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
56,781
people in Pearl River County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,535
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
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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