Lee County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meLee County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
37,354
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
83,138
people in Lee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,144
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Lee 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 4.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+986 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−2,440 jobs), admin & staffing (−832 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Lee County. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Pontotoc Farmer’s Market scales back time to 8 a.m. startdjournal · Sep 30, 2026
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- 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.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Lee County layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
441
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Black & Decker | Lee County | 441 | Closure — WARN- Due to production of certain items. | State record |
Employers hiring most in Lee 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.
- General Atomics9 open roles
- Culmen International2 open roles
- Academy Of Excellence1 open role
- Ashley Furniture1 open role
- Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology1 open role
- Grammer1 open role
- Guaranty Bank and Trust Company1 open role
- Heitmeyer Consulting1 open role
- Leggett & Platt1 open role
- North Mississippi Health Services1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lee 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 Lee 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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