Wilcox County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wilcox County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 84 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Wilcox County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
3,062
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
8,784
people in Wilcox County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$48,036
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wilcox 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 17.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.6%, up 0.3 points from a year ago

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Wilcox County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Wilcox 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 Wilcox 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.

Career Group8 open roles
Direct Counsel3 open roles
Mercor3 open roles
Phaxis - Support Services3 open roles
The Rockridge Group3 open roles
Done Right Hood & Fire Safety2 open roles
Mirage2 open roles
PMG2 open roles
SpaceXSI2 open roles
A-CAP Services1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

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Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox

Cities in Wilcox County

Abbeville84 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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