McDonough, GA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Executive Campus DirectorChamberlain University
- Property ManagerWillow Bridge Property Company
- Territory Sales RepresentativeYancey Rents
- Junior Urban Planner — Zoning & Community DevelopmentHenry County Ga
- Executive Regional DirectorFairway Management
- Vice President-RecruitingBennett International
- Chief Operating Officer/ Vice President BOARD MEMBERReclaim Education
- County Administrator | Strategy, Budget & PolicyHenry County Government
- Entry-Level Government AccountantHenry County Government
- Operations ManagerHub Group
Employers hiring most in McDonough
- Henry County Schools6 open roles
- Hub Group3 open roles
- Alpla2 open roles
- Bennett International2 open roles
- EssilorLuxottica2 open roles
- Henry County Government2 open roles
- Lineage2 open roles
- ALPLA Group1 open role
- Chamberlain University1 open role
- Charter Communications1 open role
McDonough layoffs
No layoff notices naming McDonough 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.
Henry 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 2.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 9.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.0%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,986 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+975 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−2,897 jobs), information (−1,416 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in McDonough. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Atlanta mortgage lender to lay off dozens of workersThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Nov 1, 2026
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Henry County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
134,046
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
245,417
people in Henry County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,612
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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