Fayette County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Fayette County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 77 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Fayette County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
60,507
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
120,689
people in Fayette County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$108,986
median household income
Source: Census ACS
50%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Fayette County ranks

Where Fayette County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#18Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Southeast50% · of 100

Fayette 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 1.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.5%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,413 jobs), manufacturing (+527 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: construction (−999 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Fayette County. Each link goes to the publisher.

Atlanta mortgage lender to lay off dozens of workersThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Nov 1, 2026

Learn and get funded in Fayette County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Fayette County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Fayette 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Fayette 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.

Eaton7 open roles
QTS Data Centers4 open roles
Craig3 open roles
Geeslin Group3 open roles
Pike Health Services3 open roles
Hella2 open roles
IES Holdings2 open roles
Invited2 open roles
Manpower2 open roles
Rinnai America2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board
Cherokee, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale

Cities in Fayette County

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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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