Oconee County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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2.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.6% the month before
23,137
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,788
people in Oconee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$115,925
median household income
Source: Census ACS
53%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Oconee County ranks
Where Oconee County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Oconee County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 19.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.9%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: retail (+1,004 jobs), health care (+875 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: wholesale (−718 jobs)
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- 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.
Oconee County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Oconee 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 Oconee 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.
- Brilliant3 open roles
- Prosimo.io1 open role
- Pruitthealth Home Health1 open role
- Rollins College1 open role
- Talent Edge Recruiting1 open role
- TGG Accounting1 open role
- Trusteel Buildings1 open role
- United Community Banks1 open role
- Yancey Rents1 open role
Colleges in Oconee County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| College of Athens | Watkinsville | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Oconee 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
Cities in Oconee County
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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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