Thomas County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
21,197
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
45,696
people in Thomas County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,140
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Thomas 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 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.5%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+326 jobs), health care (+320 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−494 jobs)
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Thomas County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Thomas 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 Thomas 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.
- Flowers Foods3 open roles
- Xylem3 open roles
- Pursuit Aerospace2 open roles
- 1915 South | Ashley1 open role
- Aya Healthcare1 open role
- Cleaver-Brooks Manufacturing1 open role
- Clever-Brooks1 open role
- Iqvia1 open role
- Metz Culinary Management1 open role
- Walmart1 open role
Colleges in Thomas County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas University | Thomasville | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Thomas 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 Southwest Georgia, Workforce Development Board - 17
Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Worth
Thomasville Career Center
Thomasville · Comprehensive · 229-225-4033
8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday
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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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