Clarke County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Clarke County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Clarke County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.2% the month before
69,223
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
129,267
people in Clarke County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,267
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Clarke 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 5.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.5%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,111 jobs), wholesale (+1,073 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−797 jobs)

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Clarke County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Clarke 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 Clarke 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.

Avery Village2 open roles

Colleges in Clarke County

Colleges in Clarke County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Georgia	Athens	Public 4-year	20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Clarke 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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