by - May 22, 2026 9:45 am
Arkansas job growth numbers trend lower in April report
The pace of job growth in Arkansas continues to slow, with net new jobs in April up less than 1%, and the number of unemployed up more than 10%. The…
Tag: Arkansas jobless rate
by - April 8, 2026 11:25 am
Arkansas nonfarm jobs hit new record, but jobless numbers continue to rise
The estimated number of Arkansas’ nonfarm jobs hit a new record in January, but the number of unemployed rose more than 17%, and the state’s jobless rate rose to 4.4%,…
by - January 27, 2026 12:10 pm
Arkansas nonfarm jobs hit new record in December, jobless numbers up 21%
Arkansas’ nonfarm jobs again set a record in December, rising 1.13% compared with December 2024. Job gains were driven by an almost 5% boost to tourism industry jobs, and an…
by - December 9, 2025 1:26 pm
Arkansas jobless numbers rise more than 12% in September
Arkansas’ year-over-year job numbers were up 1.65% in September, but the number of unemployed was up more than 12%. As a result, the state’s September jobless rate was 3.9%, up…
by - August 19, 2025 11:13 am
Arkansas jobless rate steady at 3.7%, nonfarm job numbers up almost 2%
Arkansas nonfarm employment rose almost 2% in July with Education and Health Services and the tourism sectors accounting for a majority of the job gains. The state’s jobless rate in…
by - May 21, 2025 10:09 am
Arkansas jobless rate rises to 3.7%, number of jobless up more than 10%
A more than 10% rise in the number of unemployed helped push Arkansas’ May jobless rate to 3.7%, above the 3.4% in May 2024. Jobs in the state’s Education and…
by - April 18, 2025 9:38 am
Arkansas job numbers up 1.2% in March, jobless rate rises to 3.7%
Arkansas’ jobless rate rose to 3.7% in March from 3.4% in March 2024, with the year-over-year number of jobless rising 10%. Job gains in the state’s education and health services…
by - September 20, 2024 12:54 pm
Arkansas’ August job numbers up 1.8%, jobless numbers dip 1.14%
Net annual Arkansas job growth rose 1.8% in August, and the number of unemployed in the state fell 1.14%. The state’s August jobless rate was 3.3%, unchanged compared to July…
by - August 16, 2024 9:58 am
Arkansas job numbers rise by 1.4%, state jobless rate unchanged at 3.3%
Net annual Arkansas job growth rose 1.4% in July, but the number of unemployed rose 4.4%. The state’s July jobless rate was 3.3%, unchanged compared to June and slightly above…
by - July 19, 2024 11:31 am
Arkansas’ June jobless rate at 3.3%, above 3% in June 2023
Federal data posted Friday (July 19) shows a more than 10% year-over-year increase in the number of unemployed in Arkansas, with the state’s June jobless rate at 3.3%, above the…
by - June 25, 2024 9:58 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate stays at 3.4% in May, up from 2.9% in May 2023
A year-over-year gain of more than 8,500 net new jobs in May was not enough to offset a 17% rise in the number of unemployed, leaving Arkansas’ jobless rate at…
by - May 17, 2024 10:29 am
Arkansas’ April jobless rate at 3.4%, above 2.8% in April 2023
There were more than 6,500 net new jobs year-over-year in Arkansas in April, but the number of unemployed increased by more than 20%. As a result, the state’s jobless rate…
by - April 19, 2024 9:50 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate ticks lower in March, higher year-over-year
Arkansas’ March jobless rate of 3.5% was down from 3.6% in February, but was higher than the 2.8% in March 2023 thanks in large part to an almost 24% year-over-year…
by - March 22, 2024 11:11 am
Arkansas’ February jobless rate rises year-over-year to 3.6%
A more than 24% year-over-year increase in Arkansans without jobs and slower pace of job growth helped pushed the state’s February jobless rate to 3.6%, up from 2.9% in February…
by - March 11, 2024 10:49 am
Revised numbers show Arkansas’ jobless rate rises to 3.7% in January
Arkansas’ jobless rate rose to 3.7% in January from 3.4% in January 2023 even with year-over-year employment gains in Education and Health Services and the Construction sectors., according to a…
by - January 23, 2024 2:48 pm
Arkansas jobless rate inches higher in December
Arkansas’ jobless rate in December rose slightly to 3.4% from 3.3% in November. The rate was unchanged from December 2022. The estimated number of Arkansans without jobs rose by 446…
by - December 22, 2023 10:08 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate rises to 3.3% in November
Despite big job gains in Arkansas’ tourism and construction sectors, the state’s jobless rate in November rose to 3.3% from 3.1% in October. The rate was below the 3.5% in…
by - November 17, 2023 11:29 am
Higher jobless numbers push Arkansas’ October jobless rate up to 3.1%
A continued rise in the number of Arkansans without jobs pushed the state’s jobless rate from 2.9% in September to 3.1% in October. It’s the first time the jobless rate…
by - October 21, 2023 10:21 am
Arkansas jobless rate rises to 2.9% in September
An almost 7% month-to-month increase in the number of jobless pushed Arkansas’ unemployment rate from 2.7% in August to 2.9% in September. However, the number of jobless in September is…
by - September 19, 2023 2:36 pm
Arkansas unemployed numbers up in August, jobless rate ticks higher to 2.7%
An increase in the number of jobless between July and August was partially responsible for Arkansas’ jobless rate rising from 2.6% in July to 2.7% in August. But the rate…