Baldwin County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meBaldwin County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
20,393
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
43,669
people in Baldwin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,413
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Baldwin 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 3.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,181 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−501 jobs)
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Baldwin County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Baldwin County 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.
Employers hiring most in Baldwin County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- Qarbon Aerospace3 open roles
- CASE1 open role
- Columbus State University1 open role
- Georgia College1 open role
- RHA Health Services1 open role
- Servpro Industries1 open role
- SERVPRO of Baldwin, Putnam and Jones Counties - 99361 open role
- University System of Georgia1 open role
Colleges in Baldwin County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia College & State University | Milledgeville | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Baldwin County. 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).
- Middle Georgia Workforce Development Board, Inc. - Area 11.
Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Wilkinson; City: Macon
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Georgia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Georgia unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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