Valdosta, GA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Director of NursingPruitthealth Home Health
- Registered Nurse Senior Care PartnerPruitthealth Home Health
- Reliability & Equipment EngineerCorteva
- Senior Oracle ERP Functional Analyst - IT Financial OperationsWorld Wide Technology
- Account Executive - B2B Fiber SalesClearwave Fiber
- Chief External Relations OfficerValdosta State University
- Home Care Executive Director: Growth & ImpactAll Ways Caring HomeCare
- Chief Executive OfficerAcadiana Treatment Center
- Senior Lead Technical Marketing Manager, CybersecurityLumen
- Chief Executive OfficerAcadia Healthcare
Employers hiring most in Valdosta
- Pruitthealth Home Health7 open roles
- Acadia Healthcare2 open roles
- Pursuit2 open roles
- ABM Industries1 open role
- Acadiana Treatment Center1 open role
- All Ways Caring HomeCare1 open role
- Beacon Health Management1 open role
- City of Valdosta1 open role
- Clearwave Fiber1 open role
- Corteva1 open role
Valdosta layoffs
No layoff notices naming Valdosta 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 Valdosta
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Valdosta State University | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Lowndes 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 0.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.0%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+464 jobs), health care (+429 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Valdosta. 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
Lowndes County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
50,799
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
119,055
people in Lowndes County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,887
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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