DeSoto County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meDeSoto County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
97,666
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
188,598
people in DeSoto County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$82,980
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where DeSoto County ranks
Where DeSoto County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #24Best county job markets for job seekers in the Southeast60 / 100 · of 77
DeSoto 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 4.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: retail (+919 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+816 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−959 jobs), admin & staffing (−789 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in DeSoto County. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Pontotoc Farmer’s Market scales back time to 8 a.m. startdjournal · Sep 30, 2026
Learn and get funded in DeSoto County
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- 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.
DeSoto County layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
60
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Corporation of AmericaTakes effect Jun 9, 2026 | DeSoto County | 60 | Closure — WARN ± Due to Consolidation of Business. | State record |
Employers hiring most in DeSoto County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- SpaceXSI10 open roles
- Walmart4 open roles
- Abacus Staffing3 open roles
- Hubbell3 open roles
- Hyve Design Solutions3 open roles
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare3 open roles
- Teleflex3 open roles
- Agape Care2 open roles
- Amazon2 open roles
- Edelbrock Group2 open roles
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving DeSoto County. 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).
- Mississippi Partnership Workforce Investment Area
Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, De Soto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha
Cities in DeSoto County
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Mississippi’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Mississippi unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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