Covington, GA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Endourology Territory Manager - IndianapolisBD, Becton and Dickinson
- Outside Sales RepresentativeGordon Food Service
- Environmental SpecialistTriumvirate Environmental
- Senior Electrical & Controls EngineerDisher
- Janitorial Project ManagerABM Industries
- Graphic DesignerBecton Dickinson
- Territory Manager, Acute Care (Minneapolis)BD
- Territory Manager- Acute Care, NYC and Long Island - FieldBecton , Dickinson and Company
- Endourology Territory Manager - PhoenixBD, Becton and Dickinson
- Territory Manager - San FranciscoBD, Becton and Dickinson
Employers hiring most in Covington
- Amazon6 open roles
- BD, Becton and Dickinson4 open roles
- BD3 open roles
- Becton Dickinson3 open roles
- R3 Lithium3 open roles
- Becton , Dickinson and Company2 open roles
- ABM Industries1 open role
- Absolics1 open role
- Absolics-Inc1 open role
- ACS Air Conditioning Specialist1 open role
Covington layoffs
No layoff notices naming Covington 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.
Newton 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 16.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 11.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,416 jobs), wholesale (+1,001 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Covington. 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).
- Northeast Georgia Workforce Development Board
Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton
Covington Career Center
Covington · Affiliate · 770-784-2455
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Newton County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
61,809
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
115,530
people in Newton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,732
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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