Macon County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Macon County’s unemployment rate is 5.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Macon County economy

5.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
7,692
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
18,951
people in Macon County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$45,951
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Macon County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Macon County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Macon 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.

Hanon Systems4 open roles
Veterans Health Administration2 open roles
ABM Industries1 open role

Colleges in Macon County

Colleges in Macon County
College	City	Type	Students
Tuskegee University	Tuskegee	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Macon County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Central, Region 5 Board
Autauga, Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Perry, Russell, Tallapoosa

Cities in Macon County

Tuskegee5 jobs
Shorter4 jobs

Other Alabama counties

All of Alabama

Laid off or looking for work in Macon County?

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Alabama’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.