Barrow County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Barrow County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 21 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Barrow County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.8% the month before
50,275
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
86,982
people in Barrow County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,477
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Barrow 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 11.8% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 18.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.1%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: admin & staffing (+757 jobs), construction (+547 jobs)

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Barrow County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Barrow 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.

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Employers hiring most in Barrow 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.

Carvana2 open roles
Northeast Georgia Health System2 open roles
Republic Services2 open roles
84 Lumber1 open role
Bank OZK1 open role
Chadwell Supply1 open role
Charter Senior Living1 open role
CRH Public1 open role
DSV1 open role
Gateway Gardens Assisted Living & Memory Care1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Barrow 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).

Northeast Georgia Workforce Development Board
Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton

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Sources: 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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