Madison County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meMadison County economy
2.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.9% the month before
57,654
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
110,303
people in Madison County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$78,794
median household income
Source: Census ACS
47%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Madison County ranks
Where Madison County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #13Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southeast2.7% · of 100
Madison 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 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+1,586 jobs), health care (+1,295 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,430 jobs), admin & staffing (−439 jobs)
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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.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Madison County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Madison 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.
Employers hiring most in Madison 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.
- Amazon25 open roles
- V2X4 open roles
- BDO USA3 open roles
- Amazon Data Services1 open role
- Brasfield & Gorrie1 open role
- C Spire1 open role
- CLUB4 Fitness1 open role
- Ducks Unlimited1 open role
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University1 open role
- Gecko Hospitality1 open role
Colleges in Madison County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tougaloo College | Tougaloo | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Wesley Biblical Seminary | Ridgeland | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Madison 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).
- Southcentral Mississippi Works Workforce Development Board
Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Simpson, Walthall, Warren, Wilkinson, Yazoo
Cities in Madison 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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