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Arkansas metro job growth moderates in April, NWA beats the trend
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…
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by - April 16, 2026 3:46 pm
Arkansas metro job numbers revised, most areas see job gains in January
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
Most Arkansas metros post year-over-year job gains in December
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
Most Arkansas metros post year-over-year job gains in November
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
September job numbers up in all Arkansas metros
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
August job numbers and jobless rates up in most Arkansas metro areas
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
July job numbers up in most Arkansas metro areas
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
June nonfarm job numbers up in all Arkansas metro areas
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 Arkansas metros post year-over-year job gains in April report
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
February jobless rates rise in most Arkansas metros
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
November job numbers up in all Arkansas metro areas
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 Arkansas metro job numbers up in October report
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
Jobless rates decline in most Arkansas metro areas in August
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
Job numbers continue to rise in most Arkansas metro areas
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
Most Arkansas metro job numbers rise; jobless rates also rise
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
April job numbers set records in Arkansas’ top two metro areas
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
Year-over-year March jobless rate increases in most Arkansas metro areas
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
Only three Arkansas metro areas post job gains in February
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
Metro jobs report shows biggest gains in central Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas areas
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
Job numbers continue to be positive in most Arkansas metro areas
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…