Lithonia, GA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Lithonia
- Associate Administrative AssistantPepsico
- On-Site Maintenance Manager - Affordable HousingMercy Housing
- Senior AccountantStaff Financial Group
- Health, Safety & Enviromental ManagerGates Industrial
- Staff AccountantStaff Financial Group
- Team Lead, PastingStryten Energy
- Administrator, ShippingStryten Energy
- Engineer, ControlsStryten Energy
Employers hiring most in Lithonia
- Stryten Energy3 open roles
- Staff Financial Group2 open roles
- Gates Industrial1 open role
- Mercy Housing1 open role
- Pepsico1 open role
Lithonia layoffs
No layoff notices naming Lithonia 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 Lithonia
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Luther Rice College & Seminary | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
DeKalb 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 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,539 jobs), professional & technical (+2,624 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−2,481 jobs), admin & staffing (−2,153 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Lithonia
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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 Lithonia. 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).
DeKalb County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
410,253
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
762,105
people in DeKalb County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,683
median household income
Source: Census ACS
48%
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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