Marietta, GA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Marietta
- Staff AccountantProco
- Law Firm Administrative Assistant — Organized, Client-FocusedThe-Taylor-Law-Firm-
- Construction Project Coordinator — In-Office (Marietta)ZSI
- Marketing CoordinatorTurner Construction
- Field Sales Support Systems Engineer Stf - E4 JobsClearanceJobs
- Account ExecutiveArylessence
- Business Development Representative, MultiPro Property SolutionsValet Living
- Rehab Director: Lead Therapy & Senior Care StrategyAG Rhodes Cobb
- Associate Vice President, Research Computing and Emerging TechnologiesColumbus State University
- Tax Associate, Senior, Manager and Senior Managergpac
Employers hiring most in Marietta
- Sikorsky Aircraft19 open roles
- Wellstar Health System19 open roles
- Lockheed Martin Services16 open roles
- Lockheed Martin Services14 open roles
- Lockheed Martin11 open roles
- Pike Electric9 open roles
- Lockheed Martin8 open roles
- Lockheed Martin7 open roles
- Wellstar Health System7 open roles
- Empower Brands6 open roles
Marietta layoffs
No layoff notices naming Marietta 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 Marietta
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Life University | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Where Marietta ranks
Where Marietta placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #7Best cities for junior jobs in Georgia35% · of 10
- #17Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Southeast1.5% · of 84
- #24Cities with the most jobs that need no experience1.5% · of 100
Cobb 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 0.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.3%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+8,332 jobs), construction (+3,511 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: management of companies (−2,929 jobs), professional & technical (−2,820 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Marietta
- 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 Marietta. 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).
CobbWorks Inc.
Marietta · Comprehensive · 770-528-4300
8:00am - 5:00pm; Monday - Friday
Georgia Department of Labor - Cobb-Cherokee Career Center
Marietta · Comprehensive · 877-709-8185
8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday
Cobb County economy
3.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
434,085
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
769,152
people in Cobb County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$98,712
median household income
Source: Census ACS
49%
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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