Georgia workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Georgia at a glance

• 3.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 89

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 12,323 workers

• 38

  American Job Centers

• 61

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Georgia layoff notice

Laid off in Georgia? How to file for unemployment in Georgia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Workforce boards

• Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board

  Cherokee, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale

• Central Savannah River Area Workforce Investment Board

  Burke, Richmond

• Coastal Workforce Development Board

  Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh

• Cobb County Workforce Development Board/WorkSource Cobb

  Cobb

• DeKalb County Workforce Development Board

  De Kalb

• Fulton County Workforce Development Board

  Fulton

• Heart of GA Altamaha Workforce Development Board

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

• Lower Chattahoochee Workforce Development Board

  Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot

• Middle Flint Workforce Development Board

  Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster

• Middle Georgia Workforce Development Board, Inc. - Area 11.

  Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Wilkinson; City: Macon

• Northeast Georgia Workforce Development Board

  Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton

• Northwest Georgia Regional Commission

  Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, Whitfield

• Southern Georgia Workforce Development Board

  Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, Ware

• Three Rivers Workforce Development Board

  Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, Upson

• WorkSource Atlanta Board

  City: Atlanta

• WorkSource East Central Georgia

  Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, Wilkes

• WorkSource Georgia Mountains

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

• WorkSource Southwest Georgia, Workforce Development Board - 17

  Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Worth

American Job Centers