Douglas, GA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Employers hiring most in Douglas
- Walmart2 open roles
- Pilgrims Pride1 open role
Douglas layoffs
No layoff notices naming Douglas 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 Douglas
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| South Georgia State College | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Coffee County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 2.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+599 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Douglas. 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).
- Southern Georgia Workforce Development Board
Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, Ware
Douglas Career Center, Georgia Department of Labor
Douglas · Affiliate · 912-389-4254
8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday
Coffee County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
18,893
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
43,161
people in Coffee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,175
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
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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