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Lauderdale County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lauderdale County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 20 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Lauderdale County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 27,981

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 71,984

    people in Lauderdale County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $50,033

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lauderdale 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 2.6% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 3.2% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.5%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−457 jobs), retail (−331 jobs)

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Lauderdale County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lauderdale County 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

Employers hiring most in Lauderdale 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.

  1. Air National Guard Units2 open roles
  2. Blue Cross of Idaho2 open roles
  3. IES Holdings2 open roles
  4. American Civil Constructors1 open role
  5. Berkley W R1 open role
  6. Commander, Navy Installations Command1 open role
  7. Ideal Software Systems1 open role
  8. Mastec1 open role
  9. Naval Education and Training Command1 open role
  10. Regions Financial1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • 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

  • Meridian WIN Job Center

    Meridian · Comprehensive · 601-553-9511

    Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.- Wed. 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Cities in Lauderdale County

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Sources: 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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