by - June 3, 2026 4:14 pm
The Northwest Arkansas metro again led job growth in Arkansas during April, with jobs in the region that is home to Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt Transport up more…
by - April 16, 2026 3:46 pm
Major jobs data revisions with the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas show lower historic nonfarm job numbers in the major metro areas. The January report shows continued…
by - February 9, 2026 12:37 pm
Six of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas posted year-over-year job gains in December, but most of the areas continue to show increases in the number of…
by - January 16, 2026 10:06 am
November year-over-year job numbers were up in six of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas, with the largest percentage job growth in Northwest Arkansas. All seven metros…
by - December 17, 2025 12:10 pm
The central Arkansas and Northwest Arkansas regions posted significant year-over-year job gains and new records for nonfarm payroll jobs, but the two regions also posted more than 35% jumps in…
by - October 1, 2025 12:37 pm
With a 2.7% gain in year-over-year job numbers, the Northwest Arkansas metro had the highest percentage August job gain of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas. The…
by - August 28, 2025 10:11 am
Year-over-year job gains continue in most of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas, but the metros also are seeing a rise in the number of unemployed, which…
by - July 30, 2025 9:45 am
All seven of the metro areas in or connected to Arkansas posted nonfarm job gains in June, with Northwest Arkansas leading the group with a 3.65% gain between June 2024…
by - May 28, 2025 2:28 pm
All seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas posted job gains in April, with the estimated number of jobs in the Northwest Arkansas metro setting a new record at…
by - April 9, 2025 11:37 am
Just like in January, five of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had year-over-year job gains in February. Only the Jonesboro and Texarkana metro areas posted net…
by - January 6, 2025 1:00 pm
As was the case in October, all eight of the metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had job gains in November. Northwest Arkansas had the lowest metro rate at…
by - December 2, 2024 11:12 am
All eight of the metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had job gains in October, and five of the eight areas had year-over-year jobless rate declines. Northwest Arkansas had…
by - October 4, 2024 10:58 am
August job numbers show that five of the eight metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had year-over-year jobless rate declines. Northwest Arkansas had the lowest August rate at 2.6%,…
by - August 28, 2024 2:07 pm
A July jobs report on U.S. metro areas shows that Arkansas job gains continue to be driven by the central Arkansas and Northwest Arkansas economies. Northwest Arkansas had the lowest…
by - July 30, 2024 10:21 am
Job numbers in June were up in most metro areas in or connected to Arkansas, but the jobless rate in all metro areas was up in the June report. Northwest…
by - May 29, 2024 11:22 am
The central Arkansas and Northwest Arkansas regions posted record April job numbers, with job numbers up in five of the eight metro areas in or including parts of Arkansas. Central…
by - May 6, 2024 11:26 am
Job numbers were down in four of Arkansas’ eight metro areas in March, with the Northwest Arkansas metro having the highest percentage year-over-year growth at 2.1%. All but one area…
by - April 4, 2024 10:50 am
February job numbers were down in five of the eight metro areas within or including parts of Arkansas. The Central Arkansas metro posted the biggest year-over-year job gain, with the…
by - June 28, 2023 12:19 pm
The May jobless rate report on all of the eight metro areas within or including parts of Arkansas shows that the Northwest Arkansas and central Arkansas areas had most of…
by - February 7, 2023 10:05 am
Jobless rates remain low in all of the eight metro areas within or including parts of Arkansas, but six showed rate increases in December compared with December 2021, according to…
