Forsyth County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Forsyth County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 52 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Forsyth County economy

3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.6% the month before
151,568
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
260,062
people in Forsyth County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$138,000
median household income
Source: Census ACS
57%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Forsyth County ranks

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

November 2026

#12Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Southeast57% · of 100
#23Fastest-growing job markets in the Southeast+9.1% · of 100

Forsyth 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 9.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 11.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.0%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,609 jobs), arts & recreation (+1,496 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−875 jobs), professional & technical (−537 jobs)

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Forsyth County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Forsyth 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 Forsyth 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.

A10 Networks4 open roles
ABM Industries4 open roles
ThreatX4 open roles
Bell Cabinetry2 open roles
Encompass Health2 open roles
Hobby Lobby2 open roles
McKinstry2 open roles
Northside Hospital2 open roles
Staff Financial Group2 open roles
AccentCare1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

WorkSource Georgia Mountains
Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White

Cities in Forsyth County

Cumming52 jobs

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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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