Canton, GA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Canton

• Corporate ControllerRemX
• Commercial Relationship Manager IISouthState Bank, National Association
• Clinical Manager - Allergy Job - Canton GASentapartners
• Clinical Research CoordinatorRovia Clinical Research
• Sales Engineer - Cleanroom Panel SolutionsDagard USA
• Pre-Sales Engineer: Cleanroom Panels & DoorsISPE International
• Territory ManagerMarathon Petroleum
• Cleanroom Sales Engineer/EstimatorISPE International
• Senior Director, Healthcare Dining & Patient ExperienceCompass Healthcare
• Hospice Executive Director: Care Leadership & StrategyAffinity Hospice Holdings

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Employers hiring most in Canton

1. NorthPoint Search Group4 open roles
2. Chart Industries3 open roles
3. Compass Group USA2 open roles
4. Compass Healthcare2 open roles
5. ISPE International2 open roles
6. Northside Hospital2 open roles
7. Affinity Hospice Holdings1 open role
8. Craig1 open role
9. Dagard USA1 open role
10. Marathon Petroleum1 open role

Canton layoffs

No layoff notices naming Canton 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.

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Cherokee 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 7.7% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 11.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.0%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,445 jobs), construction (+1,257 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Canton. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Atlanta mortgage lender to lay off dozens of workersThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Nov 1, 2026

Learn and get funded in Canton

• 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.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Canton. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board

  Cherokee, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale

Cherokee County economy

• 3.0%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.8% the month before

• 158,604

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 274,539

  people in Cherokee County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $105,442

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 45%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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