Albany, GA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Chief Underwriting OfficerInsurance Recruiting Solutions
- Vice President OperationsHatsu
- Associate Executive Director of Human ResourcesThe Arc Lexington
- Director, Emergency CenterLevel II Trauma Center | Regional Health System | Georgia | Galileo Search, LLC - Clinical Nurse Leadership Search & Staffing Since 2003
- Senior Quality Specialist - FederalThe Haskell Company
- Staff AccountantF&W Forestry Services
- Project CoordinatorTriMark USA
- Territory Sales Manager (Northeastern or Midwestern US)Primary Talent Source
- Business Development RepresentativeAtico ATX
- Territory Manager - Ophthalmic DevicesAtrio Search
Employers hiring most in Albany
- Cherokee Nation Businesses8 open roles
- Cintas3 open roles
- Colsa2 open roles
- Defense Logistics Agency2 open roles
- F&W Forestry Services2 open roles
- Molson Coors Beverage2 open roles
- Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital2 open roles
- Strickland Brothers2 open roles
- Aegis Sciences1 open role
- Atico ATX1 open role
Albany layoffs
No layoff notices naming Albany 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.
Colleges in Albany
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Albany State University | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Dougherty County outlook: Cooling
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs down 3.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.0%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: wholesale (+563 jobs), health care (+363 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−906 jobs), retail (−512 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Albany
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- 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.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Albany. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Georgia? How to file for unemployment in Georgia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
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Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Worth
Dougherty County economy
5.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.0% the month before
32,876
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
83,915
people in Dougherty County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$46,784
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Georgia’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Georgia unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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