Columbus, GA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Columbus

• Sr. Counsel - Liability Insurance DefenseTravelers Companies
• Operations Research AnalystInternal Revenue Service
• Field Service Engineer 2 - Dalton, GeorgiaDell Careers
• Compliance Analyst IIInComm
• Senior Lead Technical Marketing Manager, CybersecurityLumen
• Employee Health and Benefits Sr. Client ManagerMercer France
• CHIEF METEOROLOGIST - WTVMGray Television
• Business Operations Analyst, Workforce EnablementWorld Wide Technology
• Regional Research ManagerDavita
• Business Insurance Vice PresidentMarsh McLennan

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Employers hiring most in Columbus

1. Synovus17 open roles
2. RPM International7 open roles
3. Maximus5 open roles
4. Muscogee County Schools5 open roles
5. ScionHealth5 open roles
6. Terracon Consultants4 open roles
7. Confidential3 open roles
8. Acturhire2 open roles
9. Aflac2 open roles
10. Enhabit Home Health & Hospice2 open roles

Columbus layoffs

No layoff notices naming Columbus 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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Colleges in Columbus

Muscogee 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 2.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.4%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+816 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−2,282 jobs), finance & insurance (−440 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Synovus Is Building Its Own AI Agents in the Middle of a $117 Billion Mergeraimmediahouse · Oct 24, 2026

Learn and get funded in Columbus

• 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 Columbus. 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).

• Lower Chattahoochee Workforce Development Board

  Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot

• Columbus Career Center, Georgia Department of Labor

  Columbus · Comprehensive · 706-649-7423

  8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday

Muscogee County economy

• 4.4%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.2% the month before

• 84,362

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 204,383

  people in Muscogee County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $56,622

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 37%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS